Figurative Language
My computer screamed before it died a brutal death.
What is personification?
This is a paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza?
This is the moral of the story.
What is theme?
When we got our new kitten, at first she was very shy. It was a long time before she felt comfortable with us. Everyday we played with her and held her and gradually she became more friendly. The word gradually means: A. taking place over time B. a quick change C. to graduate
What is A. taking place over time
Her mind is a computer.
What is a metaphor
You use these to define a vocabulary word when you do not understand the word.
What is context clues.
True or False: Theme is always shown word by word.
What is False. Theme is sometime shown by word by word, but mostly is said by context clues.
My little brother's face was covered with chocolate frosting and crumbs were stuck to his cheeks. We knew right away what he had been doing. It was apparent he had gotten into the birthday cake early. What does the word apparent mean?
What is obvious/clear.
The crook was as sly as a fox.
What is simile?
Nonfiction Narratives are usually written in what person point of view?
What is First Person Narrative.
What is the theme of this paragraph
What is we can work better together.
Sam had many responsibilities. Besides school, he practiced trumpet every day and went to baseball practice two times a week. He also had a newspaper business and got up each morning an hour early to deliver the papers. Sam was an industrious person. What does the word industrious mean based on the context?
These are words that imitate the sound they represent.
What is an onomatopoeia?
What is usually found in a biographical writing?
What is quotations from the source and story of a real person.
What is the theme of this paragraph
What is you can't by friends and not everyone will like you.
In The Summer of the Monkeys, by Wilson Rawls, Jay Berry is the protagonist, and the story is seen through his eyes. He tries to capture lost circus monkeys to get the reward money and the story follows is adventures as he attempts to catch them. What does the word protagonist mean based on the context?
What is the main character?
Choose the best answer. Which of the following is an inanimate object that can be personified? A. a star B. the dog C. Suzy D. Basketball team
What is A?
What is proper nouns are specific and common nouns are not
What is the theme of this paragraph? What is an example from the paragraph?
What is you can get too much of a good thing. What is Carrie loves her phone, but she needs to balance it.
Tim was irate that they lost the game, but he took a deep breath and then he felt better. What does the word irate mean based on the context?
What is angry/furious?