Figurative Language
Giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics
What is personification?
The beginning of a story
What is the Exposition?
Neither, Some, None, and All are examples of this time of word.
What is an indefinite pronoun?
T - True
H - Honoring
I - Interesting
N - ?
K - Kind
What is necessary?
The Greek root pyr means what?
What is heat or fire?
A play on words
What is limited
The first person, singular, nominative case pronoun is what?
What is I?
Mrs. D often says not to rely on what sounds right when working on grammar because ...
What is "because we often speak incorrectly"?
The Latin root Patri means what?
What is father?
An example of figurative language where two contradictory terms are used together for effect: She was a beautiful mess.
What is an oxymoron?
Person v. Person or Person v. Self are examples of what?
What are types of conflict?
This relative pronoun always introduces nonessential clauses.
What is which?
If Mrs. D says the words objective case, what physical activity comes to mind?
What is jump rope?
The Greek root Dys means what?
What is badly or ill?
What is an analogy?
This character causes or aids in the development of the conflict.
Who is the antagonist?
The Giver, a science fiction novel, is underlined, quoted, or italicized in typed format.
What is italicized?
What one word said incorrectly makes Mrs. D.'s skin crawl?
What is pacific when used for specific?
The Latin Root flect means what?
This figurative language is when slang words or cultural expressions may be unclear to others, but make sense to that specific culture.
What is an idiom?
The reader knows a lot about these characters, and these characters also undergo a change in the story.
What are round/dynamic characters?
In the sentence that follows, is the phrase a gerund phrase or a participial phrase?
The baby bawling on my lap makes me want to cry.
What is participial phrase?
This term of endearment drives Logan nuts.
What is snot bucket?
The Latin root omni means what?
What is All?