Vocab
What is a noun?
A person, place or thing.
What are 3 rich/strong verb you can use instead of "run"
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What is the definition of tone?
The authors attitude about the subject.
That does theme mean?
the moral of lesson of the story.
What is the definition of personification?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is a Verb?
An action word
Identify if the follow sentence is a simile or metaphor THEN say which two things are being compared.
"I wandered lovely as cloud that floats over the hills."
Simile
Wandering and clouds
What is the tone of the following passage:
hopeless
That is the theme of the following passage?
Respect
The red and golden
leaves twirled like ballerinas
through the autumn air
before landing gracefully
on the ground.
look at the sentence above and identify the following:
Nonhuman thing:
human quality:
What does it mean:
Nonhuman thing: leaves
human quality: twirled like ballerinas
What does it mean: the leaves fell to the ground.
What is an Adjective?
a describing word for a noun
What are 3 adjectives you can use to describe:
A classroom
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What is the tone of the following passage:
Pessimistic
What is the theme of the following passage?
Money cannot buy happiness
As Henry and his family entered
the apple orchard, Joey looked
around for his first pick. There it
was — a perfectly round, glistening
red apple, just begging to be plucked
from the tree branch.
look at sentence above and identify the following:
Nonhuman thing:
human quality:
What does it mean:
Nonhuman thing: apple
human quality: begging
What does it mean: he wanted to pick that apple
What is the definition of Authors point of view?
The narrators opinions and feelings about the subject.
create your own sentence using a simile
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What is the tone of the following passage:
determined
What is the theme of the following passage?
responsibility- don't put thing off until later.
The clock on the classroom
wall taunted Adam as he tried
desperately to finish his essay
test in time. “Five more
minutes,” his teacher warned
from the front of the room.
look at sentence above and identify the following:
Nonhuman thing:
human quality:
What does it mean:
Nonhuman thing: clock
human quality: taunted
What does it mean: time was going to fast
What is the definition of central idea?
aka theme
The lesson or moral of the story.
What is the tone of the following passage:
Cheerful
What is the theme of the following passage?
its better to do things correct the first time / responsiblity
The crickets played a
symphony as evening descended
over Annie’s backyard. “Annie,
time for bed!” her mom called
through the kitchen window.
look at the sentence and identify the following:
Nonhuman thing:
human quality:
What does it mean:
Nonhuman thing: crickets
human quality: played a symphony
What does it mean: crickets were making a noise