Figurative Language
Comparing two things without using "Like" or "As"
Metaphor
Pronoun Shift
We were having so much fun at the fair. We ate some much food and you could barely walk.
Replace "You" with "We"
Sarah Goode born in Salem, Massachusetts was one of the women accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trial.
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Sarah Goode, born in Salem, Massachusetts, was one of the women accused of being a witch during the Salem Witch Trial.
What is a sentence in a poem called?
A line
What is the main character's name in the hit movie Cars?
Lighting McQueen
"Hello...", said Haley. Haley hesitated greeting Hank because he was a hunk.
Alliteration
Pronoun Shift
When a person has played too much outside, you can always go inside and get a glass of water.
Replace "a person" with you
Albert Einstein 1879-1955 is known for the creation of the lightbulb.
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) is known for the creation of the lightbulb.
Paragraph of a poem
Stanza
How many Infinity Stones is Thanos trying to get in the movie Avenger: End Game?
6 stones
When Sallie got to school, she clicked her heels together saying "There's no place like home".
Allusion
Pronoun Shift
A visitor cannot see the circus unless they have a ticket.
Change "A Visitor" to Visitors
Jo March established a school just for underprivileged children.
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Jo March established a school- just for underprivileged children.
This person wrote "Harlem" and "Dreams"
Langston Hughes
Name both of Greg Heffley's brothers in Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Rodrick and Manny
The act of giving person-like characteristics to an animal or inanimate object.
Personification
If you have questions about Batman after the movie, the Movie attendants will answer__________.
Them
Yellow Fever a disease that caused many deaths in the 1900's was a terrible disease that hurt many people.
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Yellow Fever, a disease that caused many deaths in the 1900's, was terrible and hurt many families.
The rhyming at the end of lines in poems
Rhyme Scheme
What house was Harry Potter ALMOST sorted into in his first year at Hogwarts?
Slytherin
Daily Double: Earn double the points of lose double the points
Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street; Faster than the wind
Simile and Hyperbole
As we watched The Batman, they were transported into the dangerous city of Gotham. It's the best movie in the world that they have saw.
They to we
they to we
Saw to seen
Clint Eastwood Age 91 is known for many popular movies. He starred in The Outlaw of Josey Wales 1976 a movie about an outlaw cowboy and in many more films. Eastwood has been a popular icon over the years.
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Clint Eastwood (Age 91) is known for many popular movies. He starred in The Outlaw of Josey Wales (1976), a movie about an outlaw cowboy, and in many more films. Eastwood has been a popular icon over the years.
What is the rhyme scheme?
The fallen leaves are cornflakes
that fill the lawn’s wide dish.
The night and noon, the wind a spoon
and stirs them with a swish.
The sky’s a silver sifter,
a-sifting white and slow
that gently shakes on crisp brown flakes
the sugar known as snow.
ABCCB
What team did Lebron James leave the Cavilers for that made many people upset?
Miami, Heat