Figurative Language
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The main verb in this sentence:
It was late, but I decided to read a few more pages of my book.
What is decided?
A universal message that can be applied to everyday life.
What is theme?
An account of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
The word spelled incorrectly from the list below - include the correct spelling:
vacinate
internally
apostrophe
antiseptic
What is vaccinate?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
This sentence correctly uses the _______ voice?
"Johnny is the best violinist in the school orchestra."
What is the active voice?
The character type who opposes the hero or creates the conflict.
What is the villain or the antagonist?
What the text is mostly about.
What is central idea?
The emotions the reader feels while reading.
What is mood?
'The traffic crawled along the congested highway', is an example of?
What is personification?
A sentence written in the ________ voice begins with the object before the verb.
What is passive?
The author's attitude.
What is tone?
To disprove or weaken the opposing argument.
What is a rebuttal?
The three types of punctuation that can be used to indicate a pause or break.
What is a comma, ellipsis and dash?
Placing two opposite words together.
What is an oxymoron?
The verb mood used in this sentence:
"Clean your room!"What is imperative mood?
When an author makes reference to a well-known person, event or thing.
What is an allusion?
Two things that are necessary to make an inference.
What is background knowledge and text evidence?
The idea or feeling a word invokes.
What is connotative meaning or connotation?
The figurative language used in this sentence: 'She was a fish out of water!'
What is an idiom?
The five types of verb moods.
What is indicative, imperative, interrogative, subjunctive, and conditional?
The beginning of a story when the characters and setting are introduced.
What is the exposition?
Descriptive, chronological, compare/contrast, problem/solution and cause/effect are all examples of.
What is text structure?
When a physical object stands for something else, this is an example of _________.
What is symbolism?