Figurative Language
Read the following sentence:
She walked by looking like a beautiful ray of sunshine.
1) What figurative language being used?
2) What two things are being compared?
1) Simile
2) The girl and a ray of sunshine
How could sentence 10 best be rewritten to improve clarity and coherence?
A) Thus, the mouth reflects the heart by speaking cusswords at hateful moments.
B) While relating to hateful moments of the mouth and heart, it speaks the cusswords.
C) So, this saying relates cusswords with hateful moments and relates the mouth to the heart, speaking those words.
D) Relating cusswords and hateful moments to the mouth and the heart, it reflects by speaking the words.
A
What is the setting of this poem?
The Beach
What are the three parts to the introduction of your essay?
1. Hook
2. Summary
3. Thesis
Is this spelled correctly or incorrectly?
Adamant
Correctly
What is the figurative language present in the following sentence?
"I am dying of embarrassment".
Hyperbole
What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?
If people made up, random sounds (such as screaming), it would achieve the same effect as saying a foul word.
Delete the comma after "up"
What is the tone of this poem?
A) Sad
B) Playful
C) Dramatic
D) Fearful
Playful
What are the three parts to your body paragraphs?
1. Claim
2. Evidence
3. Reasoning
Is this spelled correctly or incorrectly?
Fortuituos
Incorrectly
Fortuitous
What is the purpose of including juxtaposition?
(placing two opposite things side by side)
The purpose of juxtaposition is to place two complete opposites side by side in order to emphasize their differences
What change should be made to correct the sentence?
People use such strong words so often that they are losing power, they exaggerate their feelings with those words.
Add a period or a semicolon after "power"
Which lines best describe the theme of this poem?
A) Maggie discovered a shell that sang
B) May came home with a smooth round stone
C) Millie befriended a stranded star
D) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea.
D- "It's always ourselves we find in the sea"
1. Rephrase your thesis
2. Call to action
Is this spelled correctly?
scurillous
Incorrectly
scurrilous
Imagery
Which change should be made to correct sentence?
A third group of potent words are the category of verbs.
What literary element is being applied in the title of the poem?
A) metaphor
B) alliteration
C) allusion
D) assonance
B- Alliteration
What are the two parts to the thesis?
1. Position
2. Key Points
Is this spelled correctly or incorrectly
ubiquitous
Correctly
What figurative language references to another work of literature through direct or indirect naming
Allusion
How could sentences 16 and 17 best be combined to enhance sentence variety
A) However different levels of speed are shown, all these words “amble,” “walk,” “jog,” “run,” and “spring” show what legs can do.
B) While the words “amble,” “walk,” “jog,” “run,” and “spring” describe what legs do, each one shows a different level of speed.
C) “Amble,” “walk,” “jog,” “run,” and “spring” are all describing what legs do, each one shows a different level of speed.
D)Showing different levels of speed–all these words show what legs do–“amble,” “walk,” “jog,” “run,” and “spring.”
B
When “Maggie discovered a shell that sang so sweetly,” what literary element is being used?
Personification
DOUBLE POINT
What does LMNOP stand for?
Literature
Media
News
Ology
Personal
Is this spelled correctly or incorrectly?
Zephyr
Correctly