Figurative Language
The villagers huddled in the cellar and listened to the storm scream.
What is personification?
What is the connotative meaning of the phrase, "Kick the bucket."
What is dying?
Cats sometimes scratch the furniture. One solution is to cover the furniture.
What is problem/solution?
He ran over the hill to the beach, like a jack rabbit running to its burrow
What is simile
My room is like a prison when I'm grounded.
What is a simile
Choose the positive connotation. Her _____ personality helped her succeed at interviews.
a. strange
b. unique
c. weird
What is unique?
Dogs sleep curled up, as opposed to horses that sleep standing. Bats sleep hanging upside down.
What is compare/contrast?
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
All the world is a stage and we are the actors.
WHat is metaphor
What is the connotation of the word exotic? Would you care to dine on exotic cuisine?
a. positive
b. negative
What is positive?
Which group of clue words go with CHRONOLOGICAL order?
a. as a result, so, therefore, because
b. conflict, solution, problem, resolution
c. first, dates, years, next, then, times, finally
d. like, both, different, same, similar, although
What is c?
The thunder boomed! Bobby became very scared and hid under the table.
What is onomatoepoeia?
The sun, she was smiling down on me.
What is personification?
Choose the word with a negative connotation. The ______ of workers left in a hurry.
a. gathering
b. group
c. mob
d. party
What is mob?
When the author explains what happened and why it happened, this text structure is:
What is cause and effect?
Sally sold sea shells by the seashore. If Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore, why did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers?
What is alliteration?
The whispering wind drowned the whimpers of the wounded.
What is alliteration?
Which word has a more negative connotation?
a. fragrance
b. stench
c. smell
d. aroma
What is stench?
When an author explains what's wrong and how issues are resolved. This text structure is:
What is problem and solution?
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.