Figurative Language
Vocabulary
What the Plot?
I'm a Poet and I Know it!
Text Patterns: Sequential, Compare/ Contrast, Cause/ Effect, Problem/Solution, Descriptive
100
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
The beginning of a word that changes the meaning of the word.
What is a prefix?
100
The part of the story when you are most on the edge of your seat.
What is the climax?
100
Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
100
The dog is athletic, brown with white spots, barks loudly, and smells like fresh hay.
What is descriptive?
200
This Jeopardy game is the best game in the entire world!
What is hyperbole?
200
The ending of a word that alter the meaning of a word.
What is a suffix?
200
The events leading up to the climax...
What is the rising action?
200
A "paragraph" of a poem.
What is a stanza?
200
If you give a mouse a cookie then he'll want...
What is cause and effect?
300
Josh is such a sloth when he has to get up in the morning!
What is a metaphor?
300
"Challenging" is a(n) ___________ for "difficult."
What is a synonym?
300
What was the setting of the short story "All Summer In A Day"?
What is The planet Venus and in the future?
300
Writing that uses all 5 senses?
What is imagery?
300
Advice column in a newspaper or magazine.
What is problem/solution?
400
The waves kissed the shore.
What is personification?
400
"Beautiful" is a(n) __________ to "unattractive."
What is antonym?
400
It was a cold, winter day in Maine, the year was 1920 and Mary...(what part of the plot diagram is this?)
What is the exposition?
400
The number of syllables in each line of a haiku poem.
What is five, seven, five?
400
You can fill out a Venn Diagram on the artice.
What is Compare/ Contrast?
500
He is in hot water for grade on his math quiz.
What is an idiom?
500
A prefix meaning "many"
What is poly-?
500
Name all 5 parts of the plot pyramid.
What is the the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution/conclusion?
500
The "sentences" of a poem".
What are lines?
500
First you turn on the water. Then you put soap on your hands. You rub your hands together for 30 seconds. Finally, rinse your hands off and dry them.
What is sequential order?
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