Figurative Language
My roommate is going through a rollercoaster of emotions.
What is metaphor?
Aud
What is to hear?
A pilot has a fear of heights.
What is situational irony?
Became is what type of verb in thefollowing sentence: The grass became brown and dry during the drought.
What is linking?
An example of this text structure reads, "One problem with the modern Olympics is that it has become very big and expensive to operate."
What is problem/solution?
What is a simile?
This Latin or Greek suffix means the act of or state of, and includes the words - condition, infection, and aversion.
What is ion?
The audience knows something that a character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
Study is past or present tense in the following sentence: Today historians study his books about the Persian Empire.
What is present?
The girl walked down the street with her head hanging down she had just lost her first soccer game. A detail from the text that tells you how the girl was feeling is
What is her head is hanging?
The car stopped with a groaning complaint.
What is personification?
Some of the words that fit into this prefix are unity and unilateral.
What is uni?
A person says one thing, but means the opposite, expressing humor, frustration, or anger.
What is verbal irony?
Don’t stay up too late is an ______________ sentence?
What is imperative?
Sally arrives home at 4:30 and knows that her mother does not get off of work until 5. Sally also sees that the lights are off in their house inferring
What is her mother is not home?
Sizzle! The bacon began burning in the black cast iron skillet.
What is onomatopoeia and alliteration?
This prefix means to be between?
What is inter?
In Home Alone we know Kevin has planted traps all over the house, but the thieves don't.
What is dramatic irony?
The participle in the following sentence is: Blackie, catching the stick in mid-air, trotted proudly back to Steve.
What is catching the stick in mid-air?
An author explains how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different. Cue words are: different, in contrast, alike, same as, and on the other hand.
What is compare and contrast?
It's been a million years since he let the cat out of the bag ruining the surprise I had for her.
What is hyperbole and idiom?
This root means good or well.
I had the most productive morning as I sat for 30 minutes waiting on the train.
The gerund phrase in the following sentence is: Sharing valentines with others can brighten a wintry February day.
What is sharing valentines with others?
Alex was in a hurry to get home to watch football. He was driving over the speed limit when suddenly, he heard a siren and saw flashing lights, "No! Please not now," he thought. What do you think is happening? Give a reason you know.