Define!
What is a simile?
Example: "I have so much homework, I need a pickup truck just to carry all these books home!"
What is an example of hyperbole?
What is the connotation of the word "scrawny" in this sentence?
"I've been leaving food out for the scrawny stray cat in the neighborhood, since she looks like she's starving!"
Negative - she looks unhealthy!
The narrator for this point of view uses words like "I," "me," or "my."
First person
An exaggeration for effect, such as to be funny.
What is a hyperbole?
Example: "Her face is like a sunbeam."
What's an example of simile?
Which of these has a more positive connotation?
1. Jalen Duren is a tough player.
2. 2020 was a tough year.
Sentence #1
What does the prefix "un-" mean?
"Not" or "the opposite of"
When you use words that sound like the sound they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
Example: "Clatters and clangs came from the kitchen as he washed the dishes."
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
Using context, can you determine what the word "obsolete" means?
"Typewriters became obsolete with the development of personal computers."
Out of date; not useful or used anymore
What does the suffix "-able" mean?
Something that is capable or worthy of something
When you talk about an inanimate object as if it has human characteristics.
What is personification?
Example: "Life is but a dream" (old-fashioned way of saying, "life is just a dream").
What is an example of metaphor?
What is the connotation of the word "chatty" in this sentence?
"My aunt is coming to our Thanksgiving dinner, which will be nice, but she can be pretty chatty."
Negative - the aunt talks maybe too much!
If connotation is the feeling that comes with a word, what is the denotation of a word?
When you use lots of words in a row that start with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
Example: "The sunflowers nodded their yellow heads."
What is an example of personification?
Using context, can you determine what the word "gregarious" means?
"Jack was gregarious and the life of the party, with a keen mind and a broad smile."
-Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 2018
Social, outgoing, likes to be around people
Hardest question in the game!!
What is an omniscient narrator?
A narrator who can see everyone and everything; "eye in the sky," like playing Sims