Picture This!
Figurative Language
Whodunit
Plot It Out
Text Types
100
The person who owns these books is most likely interested in --
history or the paranormal
100
Excerpt from Dusk in Autumn By Sara Teasdale
"The moon is like a scimitar,
A little silver scimitar..."
"The moon is like a scimitar" is an example of this type of figurative language.
Simile
100
A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder and did not get hurt. This is why.
she fell off the bottom step
100
the part of a story which follows the climax or turning point
falling action
100
This type of text usually contains a lot of figurative language and sometimes rhymes
poetry
200
This bookstore is decorated for the month of --
December
200
A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing.
Ex: "Baby, you're a firework!"
Metaphor
200
Marissa and Juliana went out for a soda together. They ordered the same drink. Juliana was really thirsty and finished five in the time it took Marissa to finish one. Both drinks were exactly the same, but only Marissa died. The poison was in this.
The ice
(Juliana's ice never melted because she drank her sodas so fast. Marisa's melted slowly, poisoning her drink.)
200
the turning point in the action of a story--the most intense or exciting point of the story
climax
200
Most stories would be this type of text
fiction`
300
These materials most likely belong to these people
Students
300
Type of figurative language used in the lines below:
"Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold"
Personification or alliteration
300
On the first day of school, someone murdered a history teacher. There were four people at the school that the police suspected had done it: the landscaper, a math teacher, a basketball coach, and the principal. These were their alibis:
The landscaper said he was outside mowing the lawn.
The math teacher said he was giving a mid-year test.
The basketball coach said he was running practice drills with his players.
The principal said she was in her office.
After giving their alibies, the police arrested the killer immediately. This person killed the history teacher.
the math teacher
300
the end of the story, where everything is neatly tied together
resolution
300
If you want to convince someone to be on your side, you would write this type of paper
argumentative
400
This door most likely leads to this kind of room.
A classroom
400
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
This line is an example of a simile.
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
400
Nicole went to the police to report that someone had stolen her vintage ring. When the police got to her house they notice that the window lay in broken pieces on the lawn, there was a total mess inside, and there were dirty footprints on the carpet. But, there were no other signs of a break-in.
The next day, the police arrested Nicole for fraud. This is how they knew she was lying.
the broken glass going outside instead of inside
400
the central part of a story during which various problems arise, leading up to the climax
rising action
400
You'd read this type of text if you wanted to learn more about something
informational
500
The author of this diary most likely worked in this industry.
oil
500
“She’s just a girl
And she’s on fire.”
The songwriter/poet uses this type of figurative language to describe the subject.
hyperbole
500
A woman was in court for killing her husband. She said she wasn’t guilty and that she dearly missed him. In the closing statement, the woman’s lawyer stands up and says, “Her husband was just missing. Everyone look at the doors. He’s going to walk through them in about 30 seconds.”
The entire jury stares at the doors waiting for waiting for this woman’s husband to walk through the doors. The lawyer and the woman stare at the jury.
The lawyer concludes by saying, “See! If you were so sure she killed her husband, you wouldn’t be watching that door!”
The jury immediately gave a guilty verdict for this reason.
the woman looked at the jury instead of the door
500
When and where the story takes place
the setting
500
This type of text includes biographies and autobiographies
nonfiction or historical nonfiction