ELA Terminology

Genie's advice as shown in the picture is an example of _________.

The following is an example of ___: "The ostrich runs so very fast, he leaves himself behind!"

The picture gives us an example of a _____ from the film "The Lion King."

What is the creation or use of words to imitate sounds?

The following is an example of ___: "Swimming an asphalt sea, I swerve, I curve, I sway."

"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo" is an example of which device?

The following is an example of __ "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine."

What is a unifying idea that appears several times in a literary or artistic work?

What is a comparison of two unlike things using is, am, are, was or were in the comparison?

Novels like The Lightning Thief or The Hobbit include the ___ of friendship and loyalty.

What is it when the opposite of what you expect to have happen actually occurs ?

The fact that Olaf the Snow Man loves summer is an example of ______.

"Now that I'm grown I eat five dozen eggs, so I'm roughly the size of a barge" is an example of

The following is an example of __ "The willow’s music is like a soprano, delicate and thin."

"Grim Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize" is an example of which device?

What is a bold, deliberate exaggeration used for effect and not meant to be taken literally ?

What is a comparison of two usually unlike things using like or as in the comparison?

Tigger's tail makes a "BOING" sound. This is an example of _____.

"Prince Ali, fabulous he ali ababwa, strong as ten regular men" is an example of which device?

What is the giving of human characteristics and personality to non-human objects or animals?

"Like a cloud, you are soft. Like bamboo, you bend in the wind." These are examples of _____.

The following is an example of __ "I'm just a little black rain cloud."

What is it when the author gives hints about the future events in a story?

"Meow" is an example of which device?

The following is an example of __ "A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep."

Elsa sings, "My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around." This is an example of

What is it when several words begin with the same consonant sound?

In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy tries to get home. In reality, she's actually at home & dreaming.