Figurative Language
A comparison using the words "like" or "as"
What is a SIMILE?
John Henry was a ___________ as his job.
What is a steel driver?
What the story is MOSTLY about.
What is the Main Idea?
The tool used to compare and contrast.
What is a Venn Diagram?
Ms. Costello is this age.
What is 29?
"Rita rode on a rowdy red rollercoaster" would be an example of this.
What is ALLITERATION?
The number of bones in an adult human body.
What is 206?
A reasonable guess about characters or events in a story.
What is an inference?
When you look for SIMILARITIES between two things.
What is comparing?
The Step Up to Writing color for your introduction and conclusion.
What is green?
"You're driving me up a wall!" would be an example of this type of figurative language.
What is IDIOM?
This insect bit at the giant's feet, causing the sea to be filled with salt.
What is an ant?
Words to describe characters based on what they do, think, and say.
What are character traits?
Listing events in time order.
What is chronological order?
The number of nights Hannukah is celebrated for.
What is 8?
An exaggerated statement meant to prove a point.
What is a HYPERBOLE?
What is the setting (where and when) of Porpoises in Peril?
What is an island and in the present?
A word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning.
What is figurative language?
The reason WHY something happens.
What is cause?
The date we come back from holiday break.
What is January 4th?
An example of this type of figurative language is: "The snow was a blanket."
What is a METAPHOR?
The name of Pecos Bill's wild colt.
What is Widow Maker?
The thing you are trying to solve.
What is the problem?
When you look for differences between two things.
What is contrast?
The names of the four members of the Science Squad.
Who are Jada, Reggie, Cam, and Kate?