MINI- LESSONS
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
grammar
Name that trait!
FIGURES OF SPEECH #2
100
Words that sound alike
What are homophones
100
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
The number of commas needed in this sentence is: Joe sit down and you need to do you work.
2
100
The people, animals or objects a story centers around
What are the characters?
100
It was a piece of cake.
What is an idiom?
200
Words that are opposites.
What are antonyms
200
Comparing two things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
The number of commas needed in this sentence We had lobster then we had soup and finally we ate dessert.
2
200
The location of the story/play
What is the setting?
200
Bud walked over to the woodpile as cool as a cucumber.
What is a simile?
300
The meaning of the root word struct
build : example construct
300
Words in a phrase that do not mean exactly what the phrase says.
What is an idiom?
300
The number of prepositions in this sentence: Please hand me the butter on the table in front of the door by your room.
3
300
The voice that tells the story. Sometimes a character in the story
What is a narrator?
300
Miss Thomas's voice was the sun bursting through the clouds.
What is a metaphor?
400
The meaning of the prefix anti-
aganst
400
Phrases of exaggeration.
What are hyperboles?
400
The word the comma should go after in the following sentence: Although we were tired we still studied and practiced.
tired
400
A summary of the story or chain of events
What is the plot?
400
I've told you a million times to do your homework.
What is a hyperbole?
500
The moral/lesson of a story: example of a moral or lesson for the movie Shrek. example: Don't judge a person by what's on the outside, but instead judge them by what is on the inside.
what is theme (ITS DIFFERENT FROM MAIN IDEA!) main idea of shrek: An ogre must overcome many obstacles to save and win the love a princess before time runs out!
500
Phrases that have nonhuman things taking on human characteristics.
What is personification?
500
The type of tense used in this sentence: We have walked for miles.
present perfect
500
Helps you understand the meaning of the word without a definition
What are context clues?
500
Bang! Crash! Boom!
What is Onomatopoeia?
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