MINI- LESSONS
Finish the ANALOGY
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Name that trait!
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
100
Words that sound alike
What are homophones
100

Hotis to cold as up is to ____.

What is down?

100

a type or being nice

What is kind?

100
The people, animals or objects a story centers around
What are the characters?
100

With Mrs. Hartlaub's help, this essay will be a piece of cake.

What is an idiom?

200
Words that are opposites.
What are antonyms
200

Page is to book as tire is to _______.

What is a bike/car/truck?

200
a gift or today
What is a present?
200
The location of the story/play
What is the setting?
200

Mrs. DeVito was as cool as a cucumber as she put out the fire in her lab table.

What is a simile?

300

Words that have similar meanings

What are synonyms?

300

Artist is to paintbrush as chef is to _____.

What is a knife/spatula?

300

a beverage or to hit

What is punch?

300
The voice that tells the story. Sometimes a character in the story
What is a narrator?
300

Mr. Schlagheck's voice was the sun bursting through the clouds.

What is a metaphor?

400

What a passage is mainly about

What is the main idea?

400

Cat is to animal and rose is to ____.

What is a flower?

400
in the alphabet or a mailed note
What is a letter?
400

A summary of the story or chain of events.  What happens.

What is the plot?

400

Mr. O has told you a million times to do your homework.

What is a hyperbole?

500
The moral/lesson of a story.
What is the theme?
500

Awake is to asleep as fast is to ______.

What is slow?

500

a flying mammal or tool used to hit a ball

What is bat?

500
Helps you understand the meaning of the word without a definition
What are context clues?
500

Mrs. Lenin is like a book filled with endless knowledge.

What is a simile?

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