Figurative Language
Vocabulary
A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long
Find the mistake
Classroom Activities
100

figurative language used to give an object human attributes

What is...

Personification

100

One meaning of this word is to tell or show something

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Convey

100

Who is the speaker in the poem?

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a troubled little girl

100

I walked down the street, I saw my friends and I joined them.

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a missing comma before "and"

100
How many notebooks, or sections of a notebook should you have specifically for this class?

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3 or at least 3

200

As tall as a Giraffe is an example of

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Simile

200

To make someone feel shame or publicly injure them

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Humiliate

200

What was on Gay Street?

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The bookstore

200

I seen that show on TV last week.

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I saw that show on TV last week.

200

What kind of chart do we use when we first read a text to talk about what we see and the questions we have?

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A notice and wonder chart

300

Moo, Beep, Buzzy are examples of this

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Onomatopoeia 

300

To have too much of something good

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Overindulge

300

What could only happen after 3:00 p.m. and before 5:00?

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Watch TV

300

I didn't do nothing.

What is...

I didn't do anything.

300

What do we do after we write and proofread our work

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rewrite

400

You are a shining star is an example of

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metaphor

400

A last option

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Resort

400

What book is mentioned or referenced at the end of the poem?

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The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe

400

After school was finished for the day I went home.

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a missing comma between "day" and "I"

400

What is the first thing we do in our Reading/ELA Class each day?

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Our Journal entry or Bell Ringer

500

A figurative language often used in poetry, song lyrics, and tongue twisters

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Alliteration

500

This word means to be a typical example of

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Exemplify

500
Name one of the themes of the poem

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appreciation        education

friendship            racism

Community          dreaming/escaping reality

500

How should the sentence below be written?

Me, my mom and my dad went to the store.

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My mom, my dad, and I went to the store.

500

What is the name of the Graphic Organizer we use to better understand the meaning of a word

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A Frayer Model

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