Person Narration
What narration point of view is used to tell the story "Here, Boy?"
First-Person Point of View
This type of figurative language uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two things.
Simile
Name two groups of indigenous people who lived in St. Mary's, Maryland before the European settlers.
Piscataway and Yaocamoco
What should go at the end of almost every sentence?
a period
Is this an example of formal or informal narration?
"He was a big dog. And ugly."
Informal
A type of figurative language that gives human qualities to objects and animals.
Personification
What is the leader of the Piscatway people called?
The tayac
playground, bandwidth, flagpole
What type of compound words are these?
open, closed, or hyphenated
closed compound words
What word describes a narrator who knows what is happening in every setting and to all characters?
Omniscient
"Life is a roller coaster!"
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
simile, metaphor, personification, exaggeration
Metaphor
Which settler landed in St. Mary's, Maryland? Christopher Columbus, Cecil Calvert, George Calvert, Sponge Bob Squarepants
Cecil Calvert
Which is an antonym for the word "young"?
Small, old, or youthful
Old
What is first-person narration?
Anything close to:
-A narration point of view where the narrator is in the story. Usually, the narrator is the main character of the story.
-Uses words like "me," "I," "we," and "us."
"The sun smiled down on me."
What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
Is a history book a primary or secondary source?
secondary source
What punctuation do writers use to show that a character is talking?
quotation marks
"..."
What is third-person narration?
Anything close to:
-A narration point of view where the narrator is someone who is not in the story
-Uses words like, "he," "she," "him," and "her."
Write a simile in the chat.
Any sentence that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things
What is a primary source?
A source from someone who was actually there at a historical event
What are synonyms?
words that have similar or identical meaning