Figurative Language
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object; for example, "The oven told me it was time to take out the cupcakes"
A. Metaphor
B. Symbolism
C. Rhythm
D. Personification
What is personification?
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.
A. Stanza
B. Setting
C. Point of view
D. Repetition
What is repetition?
A text structure that explains an action and its results.
A. Chronological order
B. Compare and contrast
C. Problem and solution
D. Cause and effect
What is cause and effect?
In the sentence below, which word is the verb? "The tired student slept during the long movie."
A. Tired
B. Student
C. Slept
D. Movie
What is slept?
Language not meant to be taken literally, such as metaphors, similes, and hyperboles.
A. Poetry
B. Stanza
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Figurative language
What is figurative language?
A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as; for example, "the coach was a lion roaring at the players."
A. Allusion
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Personification
What is metaphor?
A word that imitates the sound it represents.
A. Alliteration
B. Synonym
C. Antonym
D. Onomatopoeia
What is onomatopoeia?
A text structure organized in order of time.
A. Spatial/descriptive writing
B. Cause and effect
C. Compare and contrast
D. Chronological order
What is chronological order
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: "Neither the teacher nor the students ______ the answer to the difficult question."
A. Knows
B. Know
C. Knowing
D. Has known
What is know?
The central idea or meaning of a literary work; usually a life lesson or "truth" most people would agree on.
A. Theme
B. Mood
C. Conflict
D. Main idea
What is theme?
An exaggeration that is so extreme that no one would believe it's true; used to emphasize a point; for example, "If I don't see you soon, I'll just die!"
A. Hyperbole
B. Idiom
C. Allusion
D. Symbolism
What is hyperbole?
Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words.
A. Alliteration
B. Rhyme
C. Rhythm
D. Onomatopoeia
What is alliteration?
Explain what it means to compare and contrast.
What is compare is to look for similarities and contrast is to look for differences.
Question: Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentence: "I __________ my homework when the power __________ out."
A. finished / goes
B. was finishing / goes
C. was finishing / went
D. finished / was going
What is was finishing / went
An account of a person's life written by that person.
A. Biography
B. Autobiography
C. Drama
D. Nonfiction
What is autobiography?
Language that appeals to the senses (sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste); is used to "show, not tell"
A. Symbolism
B. Personification
C. Imagery
D. Allusion
What is imagery?
Look at the following short poem. What is its Rhyme Scheme?
The cat sat on the mat
Eating a giant fish
He wore a tiny hat
And put it on a dish
A. AABB
B. ABAB
C. ABCA
D. AAAA
What is ABAB
An author writes an article explaining the steps to build a birdhouse. What is most likely the author’s purpose?
A. To entertain
B. To inform
C. To persuade
D. To describe
What is to inform?
Which sentence uses pronouns correctly?
A. The principal wanted to speak with she and I.
B. The principal wanted to speak with her and I.
C. The principal wanted to speak with her and me.
D. The principal wanted to speak with she and me.
What is the principal wanted to speak with her and me.
Explain the difference between a synonym and an antonym.
What is a synonym is two words that have a similar meaning and an antonym is a word with the opposite meaning.
Explain the difference between a simile, metaphor, and an analogy.
What is a simile is a comparison using "like" or "as", a metaphor is a comparison without using "like" or "as" and an analogy is an extended comparison.
Read the sentence: The golden sun danced across the sparkling ripples of the lake.
Does this sentence have a positive or negative mood?
Identify three words to prove your answer.
What is a positive mood.
What is golden, danced, sparkling.
Read the sentence: 'The Great Barrier Reef is home to thousands of species of fish, yet climate change is causing the coral to bleach and die.'
What is the main idea of this sentence?
A. The biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef is being threatened by climate change.
B. Climate change is a problem that affects every ocean in the world.
C. The Great Barrier Reef is a beautiful place for tourists to visit.
D. Thousands of fish live in the Great Barrier Reef.
What is the biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef is being threatened by climate change?
What type of sentence is the following? "Since it was raining, we stayed inside, and we watched a movie."
A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Complex
D. Compound-Complex
What is compound-complex.
List the five steps of a plot diagram.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.