Literary Device
"Stop acting so smart—it's not like you're Einstein or something.
Identify the literary device
Allusion
Something extreme in intensity that is almost tangible
Palpable
dangers or risk
Quote one word from the paragraph
having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
Receptive
Grandpa went out for a walk and it started to rain. He didn’t bring an umbrella or a hat. His clothes got soaked, but not a hair on his head was wet. How is this possible?
Grandpa's bald!
What is foreshadowing?
as a means to indicate something or hinting
Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
Apprehensive
What does it mean to infer?
To form an opinion or guess that something is true based on the information you have
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
Adamant
What do you fill with empty hands?
Gloves
A point of time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances
Juncture
The grain of this plant, used as food and in making beer, ale, and whiskey
Barley
They all had cool names. So he had to change his name to one that suited the band.
run hurriedly or furtively with short quick steps.
Scuttled
You sleep at night.
Give an example of alliteration
Twisted in a violent manner; distorted
Contorted
"it creates humour, exaggerates the fact that his parents cannot swim, and makes the story funny by describing it this way."
How is the language used here effective in showing the parents can't swim?
For away with feeling or interest
Aloof
What has 13 hearts, but no lungs or stomach?
A deck of cards.
Explain Em Dashes
similar use to a punctuation
Tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory
Derogatory
"He was gullible, naive and respected his brother as a child."
What could be the question?
Why do you think he believed...
The estimated amount of praise to the damage
Appraised
An uber driver is going the opposite way down a one-way street. He passes five policemen along the way, none of which stops him. Why?
Because he was walking.