Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
What does adjacent mean?
Getting the reader's attention
What is a hook?
A sharp contrast between expectations and what actually happens
What is Contrasts and Contradictions?
Who is the best Language Arts teacher?
Mrs. Lorge
Starting sentences with the same consonant or vowel repeated in each word
What is alliteration/assonance?
What does obedient mean?
submissive to the will of another
What is a claim?
A sudden understanding of something
What is an Aha Moment?
Who is the best Social Studies teacher?
Mrs. Royse
A phrase such as "Once in a blue moon" that does not mean exactly what it says
What is an idiom?
What does catastrophe mean?
a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin
Supports your claim
What is a reason?
Questions characters raise that reveal their inner struggles
What is a Tough Question?
Which teacher is absolutely amazing because she does some of everything?
Mrs. Parsons
Giving human qualities to an inhuman object
What is personification?
What does reinforce mean?
To strengthen something
What is evidence?
The advice or insight about life that a wiser character offers to the main character
What is Words of the Wiser?
Who is the best math teacher, famous for his "correct" grammar?
Mr. Hill
A sound effect such as, "BOOM!" or "CRASH!" Often used in comic books
What is onomatopoeia?
What does expression mean?
The look on a person's face
Closing out the argument, sometimes offers a solution
What is a conclusion?
A recollection by a character, interrupting the progress of the story
What is a Memory Moment?
Who is the super-fun Band and Orchestra teacher?
Mr. Swanson