Key Vocabulary
Figurative Language Examples
Key Vocabulary 2
Figurative Language Definitions
Miscellaneous
100
The manner in which things are organized
What is the structure?
100
The notes of the lilting, lovely lullaby were luscious.
What is an example of alliteration?
100

To hint at what is to come

What is foreshadow?

100

When you give human characteristics to an animal or thing

What is personification? 

100
Words that sound the exact same; However, they are spelt differently and have different meanings.

What is homophones?

200
To determine or decide by reasoning
What is to conclude?
200
She was so angry I thought her head would explode!
What is an example of hyperbole?
200

The beginning, middle, and end of a text

What is summary?

200

Comparison using "like" or "as"

What is simile? 

200

What the passage is mostly about

What is main idea?

300

To show or to illustrate

What is to convey?

300
Life is journey - a roller coaster of emotions and experiences.
What is an example of metaphor?
300

to believe something without proof

What is to assume?

300

When the literal words to not reflect the figurative meanin

What is Idiom?

300

The author's belief

What is claim?

400
To make an educated guess
What is to infer?
400

You are my guardian angel

What is an example of a metaphor?

400

a small part of the written work

What is detail?

400

The lesson learned or the message the author is trying to share with the reader.

What is theme? 

400

When two sentences are joined together from one sentence.

What is combine?

500

When someone describes something in great detail- It uses what language?

What is descriptive?

500

I'm as happy as a clam that Christmas Break begins soon!

What is an example of simile?

500
To communicate
What is to convey?
500

When something represents something else

What is symbolism

500

When something is a specific place, a specific person, a specific thing, or a specific idea

What is a proper noun?