Figurative Language
I have told you a million times to turn in your homework.
What is hyperbole?
Name the major types of verbs.
What are action, being, and helping?
Which root word is used to create this word, and what does the root mean?
immigration
What is "migr" (wander/ to come to a new country to live)
The time and place where the story unfolds, including both physical location and cultural context.
What is setting?
What is a comma?
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
What is alliteration?
Identify the collective nouns:
sleeves congregation happiness book
keyboard team jellybeans candy jar
family school Instagram rapel tower
What are congregation, team, family, and school?
Which root word is used to create this word, and what does the root mean?
missile
What is "mit or miss" (to send)
The perspective from which the story is told
What is point of view?
Signals the end of an interrogative sentence?
What is a question mark?
America is a melting pot.
What is a metaphor?
Identify the adjectives in this sentence:
He likes Marvel movies, but he would probably watch all of it at one stretch.
What are Marvel and one?
Which root word is used to create this word, and what does the root mean?
elevator
What is "lev" (to lift, to raise)?
The author's unique way of writing, including word choice, sentence structure, and figurative language.
What is style?
Enclose direct speech (what someone says).
What is a quotation mark?
My clothes stood so erect as if someone had ordered them to stay in attention, as soon as I had ironed them.
What is personification?
Identify the adverb(s):
The yellow house is extremely large and spooky.
What is extremely?
Which root word is used to create this word, and what does the root mean?:
privilege
What is "leg" (law)
The problem or challenge that the characters face and must overcome.
What is conflict?
Introduces lists, explanations, or quotations.
What is a colon?
'She had so much homework that the football tempted her from the garden - a forbidden fruit. '
What is allusion?
Identify the prepositional phrase(s):
She walked across the street, around the corner, and up the stairs to get home.
What are "across the street," "around the corner," and "up the stairs"?
Which root word(s) is used to create this word, and what does/do the root(s) mean?
soliloquy
What are "sol" (alone), and "loqu" (thought, speech)?
The main idea or message of the story, often exploring universal thoughts about life, relationships, or human nature.
What is theme?
Indicates an omission of words, a pause, or a trailing off of thought.
What is an ellipsis?