Figurative Language
Genre
Reference Materials
Affixes/Root Words
Author's Purpose
100
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as". She is as tall as a building.
What is a simile?
100
A passage or story that is from the author's imagination?
What is fiction?
100
Reference materials are used for _______ type of genre.
What is non-fiction?
100
The Latin prefix meaning bad or wrong. misbehave, misread
What is mis?
100
There are three lights on a traffic light. The top light is red and that means stop. The middle light is yellow and that means caution. The bottom light is green and that means go. To persuade? inform? or entertain?
What is to inform?
200
A direct comparison between two things. The snow is a white blanket.
What is a metaphor?
200
A book or passage that is written about someone else.
What is a biography?
200
A book that gives definitions or meanings of words.
What is a dictionary?
200
The Latin suffix meaning can be done. enjoyable, likeable,
What is able?
200
Textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, newspapers Inform? Persuade? Entertain?
What is to inform?
300
Extreme exaggeration. I have told you a million times not to do that.
What is a hyperbole?
300
A book or passage written about yourself.
What is an autobiography?
300
A book of use for finding synonyms or antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
300
The Latin prefix meaning again. reread, return, redo
What is re?
300
Poems, stories, plays, comic strips, short story, novels, comedies, riddles, jokes, song lyrics To inform? To entertain? To persuade?
What is to entertain?
400
An expression having a special meaning different from the usual meanings of the words. "up the creek without a paddle"
What is an idiom?
400
A passage that tells a story about things that happen in an imaginary world
What is fantasy?
400
A book of maps or finding where something is.
What is an atlas?
400
The suffix meaning someone who does or comparative to something else. baker, builder, writer, bigger, taller
What is er?
400
Advertisements, commercials, newspaper editorials To inform? Persuade? entertain?
What is to persuade?
500
The use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia?
500
An idea or story that is believed by many people but that is not true.
What is a myth?
500
A book or set of books that gives information about topics.
What is an encyclopedia?
500
The suffix meaning without. homeless, penniless, cardless
What is less?
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