Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration?
Theme, Main Idea, or Details?
Point of View, Personification, Onomatopoeia
Conflict
Take a Chance! (Mixture)
100

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!

100

Sacrifice for those you love, even if it means giving everything up.

THEME

100

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.")

100

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

100

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 

200

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!

200

Never give up, no matter what challenges come your way.

THEME

200

The tea kettle screamed!

Personfication: The tea kettle does not have a mouth and cannot REALLY scream.

200

Ben knew Ryan was counting on him to come to Danny's party.

MAN VS. SELF

200

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

300

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.

300

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

300

The rain danced on the window pane.

Personification: The rain cannot REALLY dance. Rain drops do not wear tap shoes!!

300

The wildfires in California left many families devistated and without homes.

MAN VS. NATURE

300

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

400

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

400

The tree gave her branches, trunk, and trunk to the boy to make him happy.

MAIN IDEA

400

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

400

Despereaux followed his heart, and broke the sacred rule. He spoke to humans!

MAN VS. SOCIETY

400

Name the SETTING used in the example below:

She grew up in the roaring twenties, in the heart of Chicago.

1920's, Chicago

500

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!

500

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

500

The snow crunched beneath our boots!

Onomatopoeia

500

Fankie picked on Ryan.

MAN VS. MAN

500

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. 

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