Poetry
Figurative Language
Context Clues
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100

True or False: All poems have to rhyme?

False

100

"Her vigor flows like tides into my blood..." What type of figurative language is this?

Simile

100

When you read a passage and come across a word you are unfamiliar with, you should use what to help you determine its meaning? 

Context Clues
100

What is an inference?

An educated guess or prediction

100

This indicates the writer or author's attitude in a passage, story, or poem.

What is the tone?

200

What is the "paragraph" of a poem?

Stanza

200

What figurative language gives human characteristics to non living things?

Personification

200

What is the date of the Reading EOG? 

Thursday, May 30th 

200

Impact means to...

Affect, influence or change 

200

The way an author views a particular subject.

What is the author's point of view?

300

Roses are Red

Violets are blue 

I passed ELA 

I hope you do too! 

What is the rhyme scheme?

ABCB

300

"The fog is a cozy blanket, thick and heavy over the meadow at dawn." What type of figurative language is used?

Metaphor

300

What a passage is about? 

Main Idea

300

When an author hints at what is coming next in the story is called...

Foreshadowing

300

What is the main feeling of a passage or story?

What is the mood?

400

So, silently but swift,

Above the wintry drift,

The long days gain and gain,

Until, on hill and plain,

What does drift mean in this stanza of the poem?

A. a sudden movement 

B. a wild gust of wind

C. a large pile of snow

D. slope of a mountain


C. a large pile of snow

400

"Telling Tru about my trip on Tuesday was totally terrific!"

What figurative language is this?

Alliteration

400

The moral or lesson learned from a story?

Theme

400

What is the problem in a story called...

Conflict
400

Words that have a similar or the same meaning.

What are synonyms?

500

There’s something in the air 

That’s new and sweet and rare— 

A scent of summer things, 

A whirr as if of wings.

How does this stanza contribute to the poem? 

A. It introduces a difference can be felt all around

B. It emphasizes that spring is coming later this year

C. It introduces that weather is constantly changing

D. It emphasizes this past winter has been harsh

A. It introduces a difference can be felt all around

500
"I am so tired I could sleep for an entire week!" 

What type of figurative language is used?

Hyperbole

500

What is connotation?

How a word makes you feel when you read it (happy, sad, angry, etc.)
500

A sound argument is supported by what TWO things?

Claim and Evidence

500

Words that have opposite meanings.

What are antonyms?

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