Visualizing
The pitter patter of the raindrops on the roof of my house gently woke me up this morning.
Sound
A comparison using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
What vocabulary word goes with fright
terror
What grade was the narrator remembering in the text?
5th grade
Writers use descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language to create a feeling or______
mood
What is the definition of a word called
denotation
The bright sunlight reflected blindingly back at me off of the window of the building.
Sight
The voice flew across the classroom and nailed me to the back of my seat
Idiom
which vocabulary word goes with the past
history
What specific type of school did Mr. Scieszka go to?
Catholic
Writers use language to create _______, or the distinct personality readers hear as they read a text
voice
what is the emotional response to a word called
connotation
I bit down into the slice of pizza, and the mixture of carefully crafted flavors sent me to another world.
Taste
Treating a non-living thing as though it has human characteristics
Personification
which vocabulary word goes with regret
apology
Who was the subject of the joke that was told?
A man with no arms
This POV focuses on factual information and leaves out personal opinion
objective point of view
Correct this sentence
When he painted this selfie Van Gogh was mentally ill.
When he painted this selfie, Van Gogh was mentally ill.
As I walked into my grandma's house, I could not ignore the aromatic notes of what was surely freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.
Smell
Sister Margaret Mary’s eyes pop open wider than I have ever seen them.
The author uses exaggeration in this sentence to create what voice?
Humorous
Excessively proper
Prim
According to Scieszka, what was one of the potential consequences of apologizing for interrupting Sister Margaret Mary?
He'd get an A, he would make it to Heaven, he might be made a saint
This POV includes the author's personal opinions, feelings, and beliefs
subjective
The word or group of words that the pronoun refers to is its
antecedent
The grains of sand molded themselves around me as I dug my feet past the scalding surface and into the cooler earth below.
Touch
The torturous alarm clock blared its annoying cry as it woke me up for school in the morning.
What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
Scornfully proud
Haughty
What is the funny part of a joke known as?
The punchline
Notice and Note: language that seems to exaggerate or overstate a case
extreme or absolute language
A group of words that contain a subject and predicate but cannot stand alone as a sentence
dependent clause