Figurative Language #1
Figurative Language #2
Figurative Language #3
Figurative Meaning
Plot
100
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
What is hyperbole?
100
Lance can be as quiet as a mouse.
What is a simile?
100
Jamaine was cool as a cucumber.
What is idiom?
100
What is the simile comparing? "Her hair was like flames of fire."
What is her hair to flames of fire?
100
Story comes to a reasonable ending
What is resolution?
200
The tree branches waved hello to the people passing by.
What is personification?
200
My love for you is an ocean.
What is a metaphor?
200
The cookies Ruby baked were awfully good.
What is oxymoron?
200
What does the metaphor mean? "He's a rolling stone."
What is a person who continuously moves from place to place?
200
The turning point of the story (main character comes face to face with conflict/lots of action)
What is climax?
300
Boom! The second bomb went off in the Theodorakis' coffee shop.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Knock, Knock! Kiki was at the door begging to come in and learn more about figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Crocodiles' teeth are white daggers, so be careful.
What is a metaphor?
300
What does the idiom mean? "Home is where your heart is."
What is your true home is with the person or place you love/ you long for?
300
occurs at the beginning of of a story (characters, setting, conflict are introduced)
What is exposition?
400
The cat creeped carefully across the car.
What is alliteration?
400
The moon winks at me every night.
What is personification?
400
This is the easiest question in the world!
What is hyperbole?
400
What is the meaning of the simile? "Alyssa is like a lamb."
What is she is gentle and kind/well-behaved?
400
Loose ends of the plot are tied up (conflict/climax are taken care of)
What is falling action?
500
It is as hot as the Sahara Desert.
What is a simile?
500
Miss Williams is a couch potato.
What is idiom?
500
They have a love hate relationship.
What is a oxymoron?
500
What is the meaning of the idiom? "Miss Williams was under the weather."
What is she was not feeling well?
500
begins with the inciting incident (builds interest/suspense, events occur that set off the action)
What is rising action?
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