Figurative Language
Conflict & Characterization
Irony
CER Elements & Central Idea
Novel Knowledge
100

She screamed like a lion.

What is a simile?


100

He walked in the room everyone went silent. No one spoke and just started at him while he went to his seat.

What is effects on others?

100

He dropped his phone and the screen shattered. He said, "Oh, fantastic! Today is just getting better and better!"

What is verbal irony?

100

Social media platforms should permanently ban political advertising to prevent misinformation.

What is claim?


100

She got a thorn in her foot.

what is Nya's story?

200

Life is a roller coaster. 

What is a metaphor?

200

She had dark brown eyes, brown hair with highlights, and long eyelashes.

What is looks?

200

Romeo drinks poision and dies because he believes his new bride is dead, but the audience knows she is only asleep.

What is dramatic irony?

200

Do plants need sunlight to grow?

What is claim?

200

The war made Salva run away from school and his family.

What is Salva's journey?

300

I have a million things to do today. 

What is a hyperbole?

300

He thought he wasn't good enough and should improve. He thought nobody liked him and is a horrible person.

What is man vs self or thoughts?

300

I could eat a whole buffet.

What is verbal irony?

300

When the cold can was placed in a warmer room droplets appeared on the outside and the temperature of the can warmed up.

What is evidence?

300
Nya walked to a pond twice a day for seven months because her village doesn't have water. 

What is Nya's journey?

400

I was surprised his nose didn't grow like Pinocchio's after he lied to his dad. 

What is an allusion?

400

He threw a table across the room with anger. 

What is actions?

400

A fire station burning down.

What is situational irony?

400

Sunlight provide the energy plants need for photosynthesis which creates food for it to grow without it the plant cant develop.

What is reasoning?

400

Esperanza wears heels and walks in them feeling good about herself?

What is symbolism?

500

The sun yawned and stretched its warm rays across the sky.  

What is personification. 

500
He had to go to work but there was a big blizzard. 
What is man vs nature?
500

The titanic was famously advertised as unsinkable, yet it tragically sank on its maiden voyage.

What is situational irony?

500

Heating a magnet will reduce its overall magnetic strength.

What is claim?
500

The house Esperanza is ashamed of because of the way it looks the house plays a big role in her identity.

What is symbolism?

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