Figurative Language
What is the figurative language type that uses like or as
simile
Bio means
Life
"Big" and "dig", "can" and "man", "sing" and "ring" are examples of words that
What is rhyme?
what kind of word is a person, place or thing
noun
What skill helps you figure out whats the same and whats different
compare and contrast
What figurative language compares two things but does not use like or as
metaphor
Therm means
heat
Things that are said by the characters in the story
What is dialogue
What kind of word tells what a noun is doing
a verb
What skill helps you figure out what happened and why it happened
cause and effect
What figurative language uses exaggeration
hyperbole
What does terra mean
land or earth
What is the part of the story where the problem has been solved
resolution or falling action
What kind of word describes a noun
adjective
What reading skill helps you figure out why the author wrote something
author's purpose
What figurative language gives life like characteristics to non-human things?
ex. the wind howled all night long
personification
What root means measure
meter
hot and cold are examples of
antonyms
What kind of word describes a verb and mostly ends with -ly
adverb
What reading skill helps you put things in the right order
sequencing
What figurative language uses phrases that have both a literal meaning and a figurative meaning
ex. I finally told him to put a cork in it.
or Its raining cats and dogs
idioms
What does logy mean
the study of something
What kind of words sound the same but have different meanings
homophone
What kind of word combines two words and uses an apostrophe
contraction
What reading skill helps you figure out the most important part of the text
main idea