Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration?
Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration: My stomach felt like there were thousands of birds flying around inside of it before the presentation
Simile: Compares the unsettling feeling in the stomach to birds flying around.
USES LIKE!
Sacrifice for those you love, even if it means giving everything up.
THEME
What point-of-view is used below?
I know that Tom felt relieved that he did the right thing.
First Person Point of View (uses pronouns like "I" or "me.")
Describe all that you know about CONFLICTS in literature!
Conflicts are problems, or struggles, in a story. They can be internal or external in nature. Some include:
man vs. self conflict
man vs. man conflict
man vs. nature conflict
man vs. society conflict
man vs. society
Which literary element is used in the examples below?
If he talks to me, I will die of embarrassment!
I walked a million miles to get here.
HYPERBOLE: They are EXAGGERATING
Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration: The pillow was as soft as a fluffy cloud.
Simile: Here, the pillow's softness is COMPARED TO a fluffly cloud. AS is used!
Never give up, no matter what challenges come your way.
THEME
The tea kettle screamed!
Personfication: The tea kettle does not have a mouth and cannot REALLY scream.
Ben knew Ryan was counting on him to come to Danny's party.
MAN VS. SELF
Storm clouds or ravens are symbols that are often put before a gloomy scene to _________ an event that will happen in the future.
FORESHADOW - F-F-F
You get the FEELING that certain events in the FUTURE will unFOLD
Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration: The detective listened to her tales with a wooden face.
METAPHOR: It compares the detective face to an expressionless panel of wood.
In order to help the environment, it is important to follow reduce, reuse, and recycle. Reducing the use of certain items means to limit their use. Reusing something, like reusing plastic containers, is another way. Recycling containers when they can no longer be reused, is one way to prevent them from landing in our oceans.
DETAILS
The rain danced on the window pane.
Personification: The rain cannot REALLY dance. Rain drops do not wear tap shoes!!
The wildfires in California left many families devistated and without homes.
MAN VS. NATURE
Forshadowing, imagery, or simile
The ocean lined the shore, with the sun glistening on the tiny waves. The water was so calm and lapped the shore rythmically.
IMAGERY - This scene vividly paints a picture, or image, in the reader's mind
Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration - Which is used in these 2 examples?:
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers...
Sea shells, sea, shells, by the seashore...
Alliteration
The tree gave her branches, trunk, and trunk to the boy to make him happy.
MAIN IDEA
What literary element is used in these 2 examples?
The thump, thump in her chest seemed very loud.
The wood hissed, crackled, and popped!
Onomatopoeia
Despereaux followed his heart, and broke the sacred rule. He spoke to humans!
MAN VS. SOCIETY
Name the SETTING used in the example below:
She grew up in the roaring twenties, in the heart of Chicago.
1920's, Chicago
Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration: The snow blanketed the ground.
Metaphor: This example compares the smoothness of the way the snow lays on the ground to a blanket.
DOES NOT use like or as, so it is a METAPHOR!
The Night of the Spadefoot Toads by Bill Harley is about a character, named Ben. Ben moved, and at first, he had no friends. He struggled with dealing with Frankie, the school's bully. However, he eventually became friends with Ryan and Jenny. He loved nature, and learned to love his new home, too.
MAIN IDEA
The snow crunched beneath our boots!
Onomatopoeia
Fankie picked on Ryan.
MAN VS. MAN
What INFERENCE can be made from the scene below?
Uncle Ken was having a grand time, that is until after dinner. Mia helped out by clearing the table after Uncle Ken's birthday dinner. His face rose with disappointment when she dropped the glass on the kitchen floor.
He was disappointed since the glass that broke was a special glass.