Figurative Language
Figurative Language Examples
Point of View
Stories
Grammer
100
A comparison between two things using 'like' or 'as'
What is a simile?
100
I was so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
100
Telling the story from your own perspective (I, me)
What is 1st person?
100
"In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines."
What is Madeline?
100
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
200
An extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
200
My heart was dancing with the song.
What is personification?
200
Telling the story from the perspective of all the characters in the story (they, us, we)
What is 3rd person omniscient?
200
"I'll be the eye"
What is Swimmy?
200
Tells you who or what the sentence in about
What is a subject?
300
Sound words
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
Bang!
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
Telling the story from the perspective of only one person in the story (she, he, we)
What is 3rd person limited?
300
Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, Quack
What is Make Way for Ducklings?
300
BONUS I, you, he, she, we, they, it
What are subject pronouns?
400
A comparison between two things not using 'like' or 'as'
What is a metaphor?
400
This room is an oven.
What is a metaphor?
400
Telling the reader what to do (you)
What is 2nd person?
400
"I went to sleep with gum in my hair and now there's gum in my mouth..."
What is Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day?
400
John's, Mike's, Shirley's
What is a possessive noun?
500
Giving human characteristics to non human things
What is Personification?
500
I glowed like a brand new light bulb.
What is a simile?
500
BONUS The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
500
"Snow had fallen during the night."
What is The Snowy Day?
500
A noun that the pronoun refers to
What is an antecedent?
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