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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Name that trait!
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Words that sound alike are homophones. Give an example of a homophone pair.
pair-pare two-to-too scent-cent one-won
100
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Type of text that has similarities and differences. Using a venn diagram
Compare and contrast
100
The people, animals or objects a story centers around
What are the characters?
100
The newspaper photographer takes many pictures of an event. Once the photographer comes back to the newspaper office, the pictures are developed in about 15 minutes. From all the pictures taken, only one or two are chosen to be printed in the newspaper.
A photographer takes pictures for a newspaper.
200
Words that are opposites.
What are antonyms
200
Comparing two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
Text structure that gives information in order
Chronological order/sequence
200
The location of the story/play
What is the setting?
200
Jane wants to be a world famous swimmer. She wants to go to the Olympics and win a gold medal. Jane knows that this means she will have to practice five to six hours every day until she goes to the Olympics. To help her be an even better swimmer, she has a coach watch her and see how she can swim faster.
It takes much practice to be an outstanding swimmer.
300
What is the plural form of baby? Has to be spelled correctly to get points
babies
300
Words in a phrase that do not mean exactly what the phrase says.
What is an idiom?
300
Put the following in ABC order: apple, ape, card, cat
Ape, apple, card, cat
300
Name two settings of a book
school, house, outer space, etc.
300
What genre could really happen today?
Realistic fiction
400
What does P-I-E stand for?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
400
Phrases of exaggeration.
What are hyperboles?
400
What is the subject and predicate in this sentence: The boys went bowling yesterday.
Subject: the boys Predicate: went bowling yesterday
400
A summary of the story or chain of events
What is the plot?
400
What genre involves robots, outer space and machines?
Science fiction
500
The message of a book is called
What is the theme?
500
Phrases that have nonhuman things taking on human characteristics.
What is personification?
500
Correct this sentence: the babys cryed all nite
The babies cried all night.
500
Helps you understand the meaning of the word without a definition
What are context clues?
500
Name two non-fiction genres?
Biography, Autobiography or Poetry
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