Figurative Language
The Sorting hat from Harry Potter is an example of...
Personification (The Sorting Hat is an inanimate object that speaks and talks like a real person.)
If Joey had been a little taller, he could have become an amazing basketball player. Identify the condition.
Joey's height
What troupe is in Toy Story 3?
A. Best Friends to Lovers
B. Protagonist's best friend dies
C. Trusted Ally betrays Protagonist
C (Lotto betrays Woody and the gang)
What type of Verbal is this? "The posing boy fell off the ramp.
Hint: The types of verbals are gerund, participle, and infinitive
Participle since the verb is acting like an adjective
If it rains outside, then we will have to wear rain boots. Identify the condition.
The condition is if it rains outside.
"He thought she looked like just like a large pale toad." -Harry Potter Order of Phoenix is an example of a simile (True or False).
True
Would you recognize me if I changed my hair color and style? What is the condition verb?
A. If you would be recognized
B. Changing hair color and style
B
Name a Disney movie that has the troupe where a female is the main villain.
The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Maleficent, Snow White, 101 Dalmatians, Tangled, Alice in Wonderland, Moana, etc.
What type of verbal is this? "Sarah likes eating peanut butter, but he is allergic."
Hint: The types of verbals are gerund, participle, and infinitive
Gerund; the verb is acting as a noun
Tom ruined my project again!
Identify the Verbal and the type of Verbal is it.
The Verbal is "ruined" and it is a Participle
"I will not have you besmirching that name by behaving like a babbling, bumbling, band of baboons!"
A. Metaphor
B. Hyperbole
C. Personification
D. Alliteration
D: Alliteration
"If you weren't born with it, you can buy a couple ornaments." (Mrs. Potato Head, by Melanie Martinez) What's the condition of this excerpt?
Be born beautiful/ to the beauty standard.
Name a Disney movie where the troupe is protagonist gets betrayed. (NO TOY STORY)
Coco, Frozen, Luca, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Wreck It Ralph, Maleficent, Lion King, etc.
"The Screaming girl" is an example of what Verbal?
Hint: The types of verbals are gerund, participle, and infinitive
Participle
Don't beat around the bush. Hurry and tell me the bad news!
What type of Figurative Language is this?
A. Personification
B. Hyperbole
C. Idiom
D. Onomatopoeia
C
This excerpt from As You Like It by Shakespeare is an example of...
"Jacques: All the world's a stage, and they have their exists and their entrances."
Metaphor
The forecast predicts rain so we can't go to the park. This is an example of a conditional verb (True or False).
False
In Avatar: The Last Airbender what troupe does Zuko take on?
Villain to good guy
Identify the Verbal and the type of Verbal.
"Jamal went to play in the park."
"To play" is the verbal and it is an infinitive
What is the troupe for Buttercup from Power Puff Girls?
Tomboy/ Tough girl
"But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only that one word, as if his soul in that one word did he out pour." The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe is an example of...
Personification
Johnny would have gotten a better grade if he studied. Identify the condition.
If Johnny studied
What is the troupe in The Princess Diaries?
A. Normal Citizen becomes King/Queen
B. Ugly to Beautiful
C. Prince falls in love in love with a normal girl
B, she may seem normal but was always a princess and always was going to get the crown and there is no prince involved. She also received massive glow up when she 'became' princess making it B
Identify the Verbal and the type of Verbal.
They were dancing around the school while the students watched dumbfounded. Everyone felt so good- except for one person. Vicki glared at the two of them, hatred growing each second. "This ain't high school musical," she muttered.
There are many Verbals:
Dancing- Gerund
Muttered- Participle
Dumbfounded- Participle
Hatred- Participle
Glared- Participle
POW! She punched him hard in his face. The boy fell to his knees and tried to kick her away. "Why are you doing this?" He asked.
"You cheated on me! If you hadn't we could still be together! Now you pay!" She replied. He got up and tried to explain.
"LIAR! BACKSTABBER!" She yelled. Rage started to bubble inside him, festering and growing.
He screamed and pushed her into the road- he didn't mean to but anger always got the best of him- and she screamed as the oncoming traffic hit her, ending her betrayal quickly.
Identify the Verbal and what Verbal it is, Conditional Verb, type of Figurative Language, and the troupe.
Figurative Language: Onomatopoeia (POW)
Verbal: Screamed, Cheated, Punched and the type is Participle.
Conditional Verb: If you hadn't
Troupe: Cheater/Betrayal