Figurative Language
A metaphor is
A comparison of two things NOT using "like" or "as"
A speaker is...
is someone who tells a story or a poem
________ means using details from a text to illustrate an idea or support a claim or an argument.
Textual evidence
Adding the prefix "Re" to the word "build" makes "rebuild"... what is the new meaning of this word once the prefix is added?
To build again
What fruit does a raisin come from?
Grape
Give me an example of a simile
*a comparison using like or as*
_______ is fictional story written in prose that is of considerable length. Its great length allows it to have multiple characters, plot lines, and shifts in points of view
A Novel
What inference can be made about Norris?
-Norris sat in the chair and waited patiently. She looked around the room filled with Band-Aids and thermometers. The thought of needles made her start sweating and shaking out of here. She was able to calm herself down when she remembered her mother promised her ice cream when they were done
Norris is nervous/ afraid of the doctors
The latin word "Poly" means..
Many
The animals that eat both meat and plants are called?
Omnivore
"The sly, slithering snake snuck into the shed" is an example of a...
Alliteration
Historical Fiction is....
is a fictional story that is based on a time, event, or series of events that have taken place in history.
Norris sat in the chair and waited patiently. She looked around the room filled with Band-Aids and thermometers. The thought of needles made her start sweating and shaking out of here. She was able to calm herself down when she remembered her mother promised her ice cream when they were done.
What will most likely happen after Norris leaves the Doctors?
The prefix "Mono" means...
One
What is the worlds largest ocean?
The pacific ocean
What is Personification?
When the author gives inanimate objects human characteristics
What is a myth?
is a story people made up to explain a belief or something in nature.
Good readers make connections between what they ____ and they _____.
read, already know
Which word is spelled correctly?
Celebration
Which disney princess is the only one based on a REAL person?
Pocahontas
"Crasshhh!" or "BOOM!" is an example of...
an onomatopoeia
What is the difference between Lines in a poem and stanzas?
Stanzas are made up of lines and are separated by spaces
Paraphrasing and quoting
The prefix "Micro" means...
small
What famous ship tragically sank back in 1912?
The Titanic