Language Arts Grade Four

Unit Eighteen, Lesson Five: Unit Review

  1. telephone
  2. pheasant
  3. photograph
  4. metaphor
  5. chlorophyll
  6. wildflowers
  7. lupine
  8. daisy
  9. sunflower
  10. survival
  1. seedling
  2. annual
  3. garlic
  4. dairy
  5. petal
  6. gamble
  7. build
  8. speed
  9. stalk
  10. faster
Figurative Language

Here are the answers and explanations for the last exercise:

  1. The sky was so clear you could see forever. - Exaggeration - The sky might be clear, but you can't really see forever.
  2. The sky shined like an emerald. - Simile - The sky is being compared to an emerald and either the word like or as is used.
  3. The sky was full of little diamonds known as stars. - Metaphor - The stars are compared to diamonds without the words like or as.
  4. The sky was clear and you could see lots of stars. - Literal - The language is plain and clear.
  5. The stars winked and smiled at us. - Personification - People wink and smile and so the stars in this sentence are being given human qualities.

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