Context Clues:
What do I mean?
Isn't It Ironic?
POV & Perspective
What Am I? Figuative Language
What Am I? Figurative Language Part 2
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The restaurant was formal so I bought a new suit. Formal means...
dressy, upscale
100
A type of irony where what a character says is the opposite of what he or she really means
Verbal Irony
100
I was so mad I stomped out of the room.
1st person
100
Best Buy, Coca-Cola, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond are examples of what?
Alliteration
100
I am dying of embarrassment.
hyperbole
200
The student strives to get an A on the test. Strives means...
Try/Tries
200
A type of irony where the readers or audience know what's going to happen, but the characters in the story do not
Dramatic Irony
200
In this point of view pronouns are used such as he, she, they, and their.
3rd person
200
This place is like a Garden of Eden. What type of figurative language is used, and what does it mean?
Allusion- Garden of Eden The place is very beautiful.
200
Wake up and smell the coffee! It's raining cats and dogs. The early bird catches the worm.
idiom
300
Students, please stop lodining and listen to me! Class has begun! Lodining means....
talking
300
A type of irony in which an event turns out to be very different from what you would expect.
Situational Irony
300
This point of view tells the reader exactly what is going on inside various characters' heads in regards to their thoughts and feelings, while also showing their actions.
3rd person omniscient
300
Meow, moo, tweet
Onomatopoeia
300
Her cheeks are red like a rose.
Simile
400
The snake ligersed through the grass. It was hunting. Ligersed means...
Sllithered moved
400
What would be an ironical name for a huge dog?
Tiny, Shrimp, etc.
400
Dave and Anne think about each other all day.
3rd person omniscient
400
The assignment was a breeze.
Metaphor Assignment and breeze are being compared.
400
I awoke to the smell of sweet brown sugar, chocolate, and cinnamon. Nothing could beat abuelita's homemade hot chocolate.
imagery- appeals to your sense of smell
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I abhord traffic jams and hate it when my ride to work is delayed. Abhord means....
hate; strong dislike
500
You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel and the next thing you know, you slipped too. What type of irony is this?
Situational
500
In this point of view, the narrator only knows what's going on in the head of one person, seeing events from that person's point of view.
3rd person limited
500
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
personification
500
“Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.” What type of _____________ is this?
alliteration "Water, Water" "drop to drink" Situational Irony. They're on a boat, but there isn't any water to drink.
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