Figurative Language
What is a metaphor?
What is a synonym for “happy”?
Joyful, cheerful, gleeful
A picture of a volcano has a sentence under it explaining what it is showing. What is this text feature called?
Caption
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or animal
What is main idea?
What is a simile?
A comparison of two things using the words like or as.
What is an antonym for “difficult”?
easy, simple, not hard
True or False: A glossary is found at the beginning of a book.
False, a glossary is at the back of a book.
Change the verb to future tense: walk
Will walk
Identify the cause and effect: I did not eat breakfast, so I am very hungry.
Cause: No breakfast
Effect: Hungry
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects. Example: The sun smiled on us.
What is a homophone for the word “bare”?
Bear
How do text features help readers?
They help readers to locate information quickly, understand the organization of the text, and clarify meaning.
What is the difference between common nouns and proper nouns?
A common noun is a person, place, or thing. A proper noun is a SPECIFIC person, place, or thing and is always capitalized.
What is comparing and contrasting?
Compare: the same
Contrast: different
Why do authors use figurative language?
To make the text or story more engaging, vivid imagery, and make stories more entertaining.
“The kitten was timid and hid behind the couch.”
Timid means shy or scared.
What is the purpose of headings?
To indicate the main topic of a section and guide readers through the text.
What part of speech is the word quickly?
Adverb
Sequence these events using transition words.
brush your teeth, go to school, wake up
First, I wake up. Next, I brush my teeth. Finally, I go to school.
What is an idiom?
Means something different than what is actually says. An exaggeration
Use the word gigantic in a sentence.
The monster truck seemed gigantic to the little boy.
Name two text features and explain what they do.
Answers may vary.
Fix the sentence:
"I hope we go outside today," said Tony.
Give me an example of a problem and solution.
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