Figurative Language
What figurative language are the following words examples of: "Pow!" "BANG!" "Woof!"?
What is onomatopoeia?
Why is grammar so important?
It allows everyone who speaks the same language to understand each other. Having the set rules means that even if you have never heard a specific sentence before, you can figure out its meaning because the words are playing their roles.
Why is being creative in a written work important?
It keeps it interesting! You can expand your vocabulary, familiarize yourself with figurative language, and try new things to see where your strengths and interests lie.
What are the 3 tenses?
Past, Present, and Future.
What is wrong with the following sentence?
"I am 13 years old" said Isla.
Missing a comma in between the dialogue and "said."
What kind of figurative language gives human characteristics to non-living things?
What is personification?
What is the word for the roles words play? Example?
What is Parts of Speech? Examples will vary.
Why should Sentence Structure be varied?
Because it keeps a written work interesting, can change the pace of a story (rushing it along, emphasizing a point), and makes you play with sentence types.
What is 1st person? Share at least one of the pronouns the narrator would use.
When the speaker is telling their own story.
Pronouns: I, me, we, us
What is wrong with the following sentence?
Yesterday, i had pizza for dinner.
We need to capitalize "I."
What figurative language is the following sentence:
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"
Hyperbole
Surprise! Figurative language.....
What is the figurative language that is a common phrase, but translated into another language it would not make sense?
What is idiom!
Name one of the other 2 things I told you were important to focus on AND give a reason why it's important.
Answers will vary.
In what POV can the narrator see into the mind of only one character? Whose story are they telling?
3rd person limited.
We played street hocket this weekend," they declared.
The first set of quotation marks!
What type of figurative language is the following statement: "The children's battlefields" (referring to their bedrooms)?
What is a metaphor?
What IS grammar?
A group/system of rules that guide how words are structured, combined, and arranged to make clear sentences in language.
Name one of the other 2 things I told you were important to focus on AND give a reason why it's important.
Answers will vary.
What POV uses the pronoun "you"? Where is one place you commonly see this POV?
2nd Person.
Examples: Cookbooks; Choose Your Own Adventures; Advertising; Song Lyrics; etc.
What is wrong with the following sentence? (Hint: there are 2 things!)
"My name is Jarom" he replied
"My name is Jarom," he replied.
What kind of figurative language would it be if a firehouse burned down? (Hint: it would be the same if someone said, "Oh great, another Monday.")
What is irony?
Give an example that shows why word order matters.
Answers will vary.
Example: The dog bit the mail carrier. / The carrier dog mail bit the.
AH! Surprise question! NOT in this category...
Name 2 Parts of Speech
Nouns, Verbs, Pronouns, Adverbs, Adjectives, Conjunctions, Prepositions...
In what POV can the narrator see into the minds of everyone involved? Whose story are they telling?
3rd person omniscient
"This morning I Had cereal, karter shared.
"This morning I had cereal," Karter shared.