Figurative Language
A comparison using the words "like" or "as" is called what?
Simile
What is it called when two words have the same ending sound?
A rhyme
True or False, we get a lot of our root words from Greek and Latin Mythology.
True
What does the prefix "dis" mean?
Not, Seperate
True or False, this is an elective course.
True.
In Katy Perry's song, the lyric "Baby you're a firework" contains what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor
True or False, Rap is a type of poetry.
True
Who opened a box containing all of the evil and badness?
Pandora
What does the suffix "ible" or "able" mean?
Able to do something, it is possible to do it
What is the EXACT name of this class?
ELA Lab
When you give human characteristics to something non-human, that's called _____?
Personification
Name of the poem that follows the 5-7-5 syllable rule.
Haiku
What does the idiom "Achilles heel" mean?
A weakness
What does the root word "Chron" mean?
Time
Name any one of Ms. Horden's cats.
Mr. Coffee, Moe, Phoebe
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse", is an example of what?
Hyperbole
Free Verse
Who did Midas touch and turn to gold?
His daughter.
What does the root word "Ped" mean?
Foot
What unit came RIGHT after the Fantasy Unit?
Christmas Carol
What type of figurative language is used here?
She sells sea shells.
Alliteration
What kind of poem is this?
Mouse Eater
Tail Shaker
String Chaser
Milk Drinker
Kennings Poem
In the Story of Echo, Echo was cursed by Queen Hera for WHAT?
Talking too much, distracting her.
What does the root word "cred" mean?
Believe
What university did Ms. Horden go to?
Wayne State University