Figurative Language
Grammar
Vocabulary/ Grammar
Story structure
This and that
100
Write a simile, any simile.
ex. I am as tall as a giraffe.
100
____ is the verb in this sentence. "Mr. Reid yawned during class."
What is yawned?
100
What is a compound word? Give an example.
2 words combined to make 1 word. Ex. someway
100
What we call where a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
What is an idiom? Give an example.
A phrase having a meaning not distinguishable from its parts. Ex. As cool as a cucumber.
200
Write a metaphor, any metaphor
ex. The teacher was an angry baboon.
200
_____ is the adjective in this sentence. "Ms. Tippins has a huge dog."
What is huge?
200
What is a homophone? Give an example.
Words that sound alike but have different meetings. Ex. Bee and be or See and Sea
200
What we call the people, animals, or objects that a story is about.
What are characters?
200
Which word should be capitalized? house, fish, sacramento
Sacramento
300
This type of figurative language example these words: boom, pow, pop, slurp
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Fix the grammar in this sentence and rewrite. "gino has 3 cats 4 dogs and 5 mice"
What is "Gino has three cats, four dogs, and five mice."
300
What are synonyms? Give 3 examples that are synonyms.
Words that mean the same. Ex. big, large, huge
300
What we call the voice that tells the story.
What is the narrator?
300
Write an example of a compound sentence.
Ex. I am hungry, and I wish I was at Pizza Hut.
400
Is this type of figurative language: "The flashlight kicked through the glass window and woke me up."
What is personification?
400
Fix the grammar in this sentence and rewrite. "how are you getting to school and what time does it begin"
What is "How are you getting to school, and what time does it begin?"
400
What is a proper noun? Give an example of one.
A person place or thing that is specific. Ex. Paul, California, Christmas
400
What we call the summary of the story or the chain of events.
What is the plot?
400
Is this an example of a fact or an opinion? "Mr. Reid is the funniest person in the world."
Opinion
500
An example of this type of figurative language is this: "Chubby chimpanzees chew chilly cheetos."
What is alliteration?
500
Fix the grammar in this sentence and rewrite. "mr reid screamed everybody be quiet"
What is "Mr. Reid screamed, "everybody be quiet!"
500
Name 3 times when a comma is used in writing.
Listing, Compound sentence, after a transition
500
This is the type of story that is made up, but could be a real situation.
What is Realistic Fiction?
500
Which of these stories was non-fiction? Mae Jemison, La Bamba, Fear Place
Mae Jemison
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