Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Extended Response
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
100

demands

insists

100

I told her a million times to clean her room. 

hyperbole

100

Restate

the R in RACES

100

A real live ghost. 

oxymoron

100

contribute

to give 

200

malignant

something bad 

200

He is as fast as a cheetah. 

simile 

200

Answer

the A in RACES

200

The tree danced in the wind.

personification

200

accurate

exact

300

ferocious 

wild

300

I laughed my head off. 

idiom 

300

Cite

the C in RACES

300

CRUNCH, that was the sound of the car behind me hitting my bumper. 

onomatopoeia 

300

benefit

good (something gained)

400

elaborate

detailed

400

Mom was a bear this morning at breakfast.

metaphor

400

Explain

the E in RACES

400

What a beautiful mess this turned out to be. 

oxymoron

400

catastrophe

disaster

500

exaggerate 

regarded as larger 

500

The fat frog fell down the stairs carrying photo. 

alliteration

500

summarize

the S in RACES

500
The road was a snake through the small country. 

metaphor

500

tentative

not certain/fixed