Type of Figurative Language
"Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard."
What is a simile because it compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
"Courage and Friendship."
What is NOT a theme? OR What is a topic?
"A student walks into the classroom soaking wet, holding a dripping umbrella."
What is 'It is raining outside'?
Where does the story take place?
The story takes place in...
the meaning of pre- as in pretest and prepay
"The leaves danced gracefully across the autumn yard."
What is personification?
"Rachel cried in class because Mrs. Price made her wear the ugly red sweater."
What is not a theme? It is specific to one story.
"Leo blows out the candles, everyone claps, and his mom starts cutting a chocolate cake."
What is a birthday party?
"Why was Pig feeling lonely in the town?"
"Pig was feeling lonely in the town because..."
the prefix un-, as in unforgettable
What is can't forget? or not able to forget?
"An ocean of ash suffocated the town."
What is a metaphor?
"True friends accept you for who you are, not what you wear."
What is a theme? YES!
"Maya woke up, saw the clock said 8:15 AM, gasped, threw on her shoes without socks, and ran out the door toward the bus stop."
What is 'Maya overslept and is late for the school bus'?
"How did Rachel react when forced to wear the sweater?"
"When forced to wear the sweater, Rachel reacted by..."
If re- means "again" and construct means "build," what does reconstruct mean?
What is 'to build again'?
"I’ve told you a million times to hang up your backpack!"
What is hyperbole?
"Unfair situations can make us feel powerless, but our age or size does not define our worth."
What is a theme? YES!
"The dog hid under the couch, shook uncontrollably, and whined every time a loud BOOM rattled the living room windows."
What is 'the dog is terrified of a thunderstorm (or fireworks)'?
Fix this response using TTQA:
Question: "What is the main message in the story?"
Response: "That you should be nice."
The main message of the story is you should be nice.
In the word hopeless, the meaning of the suffix -less
What is without? Hopeless means without hope.
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
the definition of theme (include the three criteria)
What is the central message or life lesson that the author shows throughout a story?
Must be a statement, not a one word topic
Must be true about other books
Must be supported by evidence from the text
"Sam stared at the empty leash in his hands, looked at the open backyard gate, and started calling out 'Buster! Buster!' down the street."
What is 'Sam's dog Buster escaped through the open gate and ran away'?
"How does Rachel's perspective about the red sweater change from the beginning of 'Eleven' to the end of the story?"
"From the beginning of 'Eleven' to the end of the story, Rachel's perspective about the red sweater changes from ______ to ______."
Break down "misinterpretation" into its prefix, root word, and suffix, and state what the whole word means.
What is mis | interpret | ation? What is the act of making sense of something wrong?