Figurative Language
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is the setting of a story?
Where the story takes place.
What are the 3/5 elements of a plot?
Beginning, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Ending.
Beginning Middle End.
What does at the end of a word? Prefix or Suffix?
Suffix
Write a simple sentence.
The 4th grade students rocked the test.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two thing without using like or as.
His eyes were diamonds
What is a fact?
Something that can be proven true.
What is an opinion?
Something that can not be proven true, a person personal beliefs or values.
What does the prefix Re- mean?
Again
List 3 conjunctions.
(Hint FANBOYS)
for , and, nor, but, of, yet, so, although, as, because, either, even, if, even though, however
What is a hyperbole?
Hyperbole is extravagant exaggeration.
Ms. Meyer is the best teacher in the whole world.
What does the word Conflict mean?
It is the problem of the story.
What is a synonym to the word cold in the sentence below?
The wind was cold.
Chilly, Freezing, Icy, or Cool.
What does the prefix Dis- mean?
Not
What is the pronoun the sentence below?
She is the new teacher.
She
What is a idiom?
An idiom is a non literal phrase with a different meaning.
It is raining cats and dogs.
What is a protagonist? What is an antagonist?
Protagonist is the good guy/main character.
Antagonist is the bad guy/villain.
What is an antonym of the word Cold used in the sentence below?
The wind was cold.
Hot or Warm.
What does the suffix -less mean?
To be without. He was hopeless, he was without hope.
Use a conjunction in a sentence.
Mary went to the supermarket and bought oranges.
What is personification?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
The last piece of cake called my name.
The lightning danced across the sky.
What is 1st person point of view?
The narrator is a character in the story, dictating events from their perspective using "I" or "we".
Give an example of a text feature.
Titles, Table of Contents, Index, Glossary, Headings, Subtitles, Sidebars, Pictures, Captions, Diagrams, Charts, Graphs, Maps, and Cutaways.
What does the suffix -able mean?
Capable of being. Example: predictable
What is the possessive noun in the sentence?
He shook the president's hand.
President's