Picture this!
Rhyme and Reason
Figurative Language
Whodunit??
STAAR Students!
100
The person who owns these books is most likely interested in --
What is history?
100
Dusk in Autumn
The moon is like a scimitar,
A little silver scimitar,
A-drifting down the sky.
And near beside it is a star,
A timid twinkling golden star,
That watches likes an eye.
And thro’ the nursery window-pane
The witches have a fire again,
Just like the ones we make,—
And now I know they’re having tea,
I wish they’d give a cup to me,
With witches’ currant cake.
The poem includes two of these.
What are stanzas?
100
Dusk in Autumn
By Sara Teasdale
The moon is like a scimitar,
A little silver scimitar,
A-drifting down the sky.
And near beside it is a star,
A timid twinkling golden star,
That watches likes an eye.
"The moon is like a scimitar" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
100
A girl fell off a 20-foot ladder and did not get hurt. This is why.
What is she fell off the bottom step?
100
Use "Unsinkable and Unstoppable" for this question.
What word in the title references the phrase in sentence one that says, "(because she didn't go down with the Titanic)"?
What is unsinkable?
200
This bookstore is decorated for the month of --
What is December?
200
"Basketball Rule #1
In this game of life
your family is the court
and the ball is your heart.
No matter how good you are,
no matter how down you get,
always leave
your heart
on the court.”
― Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
What is personification?
200
A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing.
Ex: "Baby, you're a firework!"
What is a metaphor?
200
Marissa and Juliana went out for a soda together. They ordered the same drink. Juliana was really thirsty and finished five in the time it took Marissa to finish one. Both drinks were exactly the same, but only Marissa died. The poison was in this.
What is ice?
(Juliana's ice never melted because she drank her sodas so fast. Marisa's melted slowly, poisoning her drink.)
200
Use "Unsinkable and Unstoppable" for this question.
Read this sentence from paragraph 3:
They wed despite her aspirations for riches.
From this sentence the reader can conclude --
A) Margaret got married too young
B) Margaret did not love her husband
C) Margaret was happy to finally be wealthy
D) Margaret did not marry her husband for his money
What is D?
300
These materials most likely belong to these people.
What are students?
300
Did you hear about the rose that grew
from a crack in the concrete?
Proving nature's law is wrong it
learned to walk with out having feet.
Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams,
it learned to breathe fresh air.
Long live the rose that grew from concrete
when no one else ever cared.
The rose in the poem symbolizes this.
What is the poet?
300
Primary type of figurative language used by Robert Frost in this poem.
What is personification?
300
On the first day of school, someone murdered a history teacher. There were four people at the school that the police suspected had done it: the landscaper, a math teacher, a basketball coach, and the principal. These were their alibis:
The landscaper said he was outside mowing the lawn.
The math teacher said he was giving a mid-year test.
The basketball coach said he was running practice drills with his players.
The principal said she was in her office.
After giving their alibies, the police arrested the killer immediately. This person killed the history teacher.
Who is the math teacher?
300
Use "Unsinkable and Unstoppable" for this question.
Which of the following would most likely be the reason why Margaret chose to work with the poor?
A) She wanted to be recognized for her efforts.
B) She knew what it was like to be poor.
C) She was paid lots of money for working with the poor.
D) She knew many different languages.
What is D?
400
This door most likely leads to this kind of room.
What is an elementary classroom?
400
And so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us,
but what stands before us.
We close the divide because we know, to put our future first,
we must first put our differences aside.
We lay down our arms
so we can reach out our arms
to one another.
- from "The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
The poet is encouraging the reader to --
What is get along with others?
400
You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Maybe a reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time, you'll know
This line is an example of a simile.
What is, "Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow"?
400
Nicole went to the police to report that someone had stolen her vintage ring. When the police got to her house they notice that the window was broken, there was a total mess inside, and there were dirty footprints on the carpet. But, there were no other signs of a break-in.
The next day, the police arrested Nicole for fraud. This is how they knew she was lying.
What is the broken glass going outside instead of inside?
400
This advertisement for the Titanic includes the words "triple-screws." The artist included these words to make the reader feel this.
What is safe?
500
The author of this diary most likely worked in this industry.
What is oil?
500
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
The poet expresses this tone.
What is frustration?
500
“She’s just a girl
And she’s on fire.”
The songwriter/poet uses this type of figurative language to describe the subject.
What is hyperbole?
500
A woman was in court for killing her husband. She said she wasn’t guilty and that she dearly missed him. In the closing statement, the woman’s lawyer stands up and says, “Her husband was just missing. Everyone look at the doors. He’s going to walk through them in about 30 seconds.”
The entire jury stares at the doors waiting for waiting for this woman’s husband to walk through the doors. The lawyer and the woman stare at the jury.
The lawyer concludes by saying, “See! If you were so sure she killed her husband, you wouldn’t be watching that door!”
The jury immediately gave a guilty verdict for this reason.
What is the woman looked at the jury instead of the door?
500
A student begins their STAAR Reading test. They will use knowledge they already have about the topic of the passage as well as evidence they find within the passage to use this comprehension strategy.
What is inference?