Similes
Metaphors
Personification
Persuasive/Opinion Essay
Surprise
100

How many examples of similes are there in this verse? What are they? Oh my love's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June Oh my love's like the melody That's sweetly played in tune. (Robert Burns)

What is 2. What is: my love's like a red, red rose and my love's like the melody

100

How many examples of metaphors are there in this verse? What are they? Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. (Langston Hughes)

What is 2 metaphors. 1) Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. 2) Life is a barren field frozen with snow.

100

How many examples of personification are there in the following verse? What are they? And the poems that had been hiding in the eyes of skunks for centuries crawled out and curled up at his feet. (Naomi Shihab Nye)

What is 1: The poems crawled out and curled up at his feet.

100

Name the five parts of a persuasive essay in the correct order.

What is intro, three body paragraphs, conclusion 

100
What does POW mean?

What is pull apart the prompt, organize your notes, and write?

200

Give 2 similes using "as" to say that someone is good.

using as

200

Explain the similarity and difference between a simile and a metaphor.

What is both a simile and a metaphor compare two things. But a simile uses "like" or "as" and a metaphor does not.

200

Change the following sentence into a personification: The radio is loud.

What is The radio is singing at the top of its lungs. The radio is shouting so loud I can hear it outside.

200

Give me a thesis statement for the following topic: school lunches

vary

200

Who does anonymous mean?

What is the author did not sign their name to their work.

300

Give two similes using "like" to say that something is bad.

Using like or as

300

Give 2 metaphors - one to say that someone is stubborn and one to say that someone is tall.

without using like or as

300

What is the difference between a personification and a simile?

What is a personification gives human characteristics to a non-human thing, while a simile compares two different things or people.

300

Why do we write persuasive essays?

What is to persaude someone to believe what we believe 

300

What does TIDE stand for?

What is topic, important details, detailed explanations, and ending?

400

Give three similes about Mrs. Sheri

Use like or as

400

What two things are being compared in the following metaphor? Explain the meaning of the metaphor. This being human is a guest house. Every morning, a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and attend them all!

What is being human and a guest house. It means that just like a guest house, where many new and different people come every day, a person has many new and different feelings that come to them every day.

400

What do the following personifications mean in this poem? Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain. (Langston Hughes)

What is you should enjoy the beauty of the rain.

400

Give two arguments, either pro or con, (for or against), taking TN Ready.

What is con: What is pro: 

400

What is the mnemonic for narrative writing?

WWW, W2, H2

500

Give four similes

Use like or as

500

Give four metaphors

with out using like or as

500

Give me three sentences that use personification with the following objects: a cell phone a clock/watch the ocean

What is My cell phone shouted with each text message: READ ME! My watch begs me: Stop looking at me all the time! The ocean whispers lullabies as it rocks the boats to sleep.

500

Give one counterargument for this topic:Wearing uniforms to school 

vary

500
What is the mnemonic for opinion essays?

OREO

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