What figurative language is this: "The water is as blue as the sky"
Simile
100
A word to which a prefix or suffix is added.
Root word
100
What kind of conflict was it when Darry hit Ponyboy and Ponyboy ran out of the house?
Character vs. Character
100
Expresses poets strong personal feelings about a subject.
Lyric
100
Trans- means ______________, and an example of a word tht uses this prefix is _______________.
over, across or through
200
I love chocolate, i love cats, i love dogs, i love food.
Repetition
200
A person,place,thing,or idea.
noun
200
It was mid June. I was at the park and it was hot.
Setting
200
Explores real peoples lives,places,things,events and ideas.
Nonfiction
200
What suffix can be added to excite to mean capable of being excited?
a. ness
b. ment
c. ly
d. able
able
300
Which word is a synonym for ponder?
a. ride
b. watch
c. hover
d. wonder
wonder
300
Millie May mixes muffins on Monday.
This is an example of:
a. onomatopoeia
b. alliteration
c. homophones
Alliteration
300
The lesson of a folk tale is often called the _____ of the story.
moral
300
What genre was the book "Out of the Dust" ?
Historical fiction
300
Most words that end in ly are:
a. nouns
b. adverbs
c. verbs
adverbs
400
Kevin was the most gallant boy she had ever met. What he had done was amazingly brave!
What does gallant mean?
very brave
400
What does this idiom mean?
He is a chip off the old block.
He is just like his father or his brother.
400
the autobiography of Bugs Bunny, would be what genre?
fiction
400
When a story is arranged the way it takes place in time, that is called _________________ order.
chronological
400
Would something that only happens in the U.S. be considered international?
NO
500
Karen was schocked to see who her opposition was in the chess tournament.
What does opposition mean?
person playing against her
500
The equator is so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.
Antarctica is so cold that your tears would turn to icicles.
These are examples of what poetic device?
Hyperbole
500
A story about 8th graders doing projects in Computer class would be:
a. biography
b. historical fiction
c. realistic fiction
d. realistic nonfiction
e. science fiction
realistic fiction
500
When the story uses I and me in the narration, it is called ______________.
First person naration
500
To make the opposite of each of these words, what prefix would you add at the beginning?
-obey
-like
-funtion
-satisfied