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Figurative Language
Suffixes
Prefixes
Roots
Idioms
100
_____ uses words to paint a picture in the readers mind.
What is Imagery
100
-ing
What is happening now Example: Jumping Writing
100
Counter-
What is against, in opposition Example: counterattack counterargue
100
ego (Latin)
What is self
100
Mike told the students he would share the answers, and they were all ears.
What is, they were listening All ears.
200
A _____ compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is Simile
200
-ful
What is full of Example: Cheerful hateful
200
non-
What is not, against Example: nonadmission nonabrasive
200
astro (Greek)
What is star
200
You knew there was no answer to this problem. You sent me on a wild goose chase.
What is searching for something unattainable or nonexistent. A wild goose chase.
300
A ______ compares two unlike things directly, without using like or as.
What is Metaphor
300
-er
What is more Example: fuller higher
300
intra-
What is inside of Example: intrapersonal
300
junct (Latin)
What is join
300
Hold your horses, Janet. We should ask him why he did it before we make our decision.
What is wait a minute Hold your horses.
400
An ______ is a saying that does not make literal, logical, or grammatical sense. People within the same culture understand the meaning.
What is Idiom
400
-ly
What is quality of Example: lovely happily
400
fore-
What is previously, in front of Example: forerunner foreshadowing
400
memo (Latin)
What is to bring to mind
400
Jacob wanted to join karate class, but with the cost of his sister's ballet class, he had to put his karate dreams on the back burner.
What is on hold for now On the back burner.
500
________ is figurative language that gives human traits to nonhuman things.
What is Personification
500
-ness
What is state of Example: loneliness kindness
500
dis-
What is the reverse of Example: disengaged disinvited
500
pneumo (Greek)
What is Lung, breath
500
Tim jumped on the bandwagon and got his ear pierced after all the other guys pierced their ears.
What is followed what others were doing Jumped on the bandwagon.