Figurative Language
FANBOYS
Language
Elements of Narrative
Miscellaneous
100
The sea was my enemy as I tried to survive.
What is a metaphor?
100
This fanboy (conjunction) is used to join two equal ideas.
What is AND?
100
This is a phrase that interrupts to show information about the subject: Mary, our neighbor, is always home.
What is an appositive?
100
Person vs. Person, Person vs. Self, and Person vs. Nature are all types of what?
What is conflict?
100
Which of these sentences is a complex sentence? a)While we swam, birds took our food. b)We like birds, and we like swimming. c)Have you seen the birds?
What is A?
200
Your words were like a river when you spoke.
What is a simile?
200
This fanboy(conjunction) is used to show a choice or options.
What is OR?
200
When you insert an appositive, what do you need to make sure goes before and after it?
What are commas?
200
A sailor is in a terrible storm. He is lost at sea. What is his conflict or problem?
What is how to survive/get to land?
200
Which of these sentences is a complex sentence? a) We were sad, for our food was taken. b) We were sad until we saw that we had made the birds happy. c) We weren't sad anymore.
What is B?
300
The waffle jumped out of the toaster!
What is personification?
300
These fanboys are used to show that the two ideas are unequal, or that they don't match with each other.
What is BUT and YET?
300
If you take an appositive out, the sentence will still make sense. True or false?
What is true?
300
This is a lesson or message in a story, for example, if you don't know what to do, pay attention to your surroundings.
What is theme?
300
This is what the author shows that they know to be true about life?
What is author's belief?
400
Using words to show a different meaning. "The test was a rock in my path to passing the class."
What is figurative language?
400
These fanboys are used to show that one idea is a consequence of another...cause and effect.
What are SO and FOR?
400
An appositive gives more information about what?
What is the subject?
400
This is a theme that can be seen in several stories, movies, books, songs, or poems.
What is a recurring theme?
400
Where do you find the author's beliefs?
What are details in the story?
500
When your words mean exactly what you say. "The rock was in my way on the trail."
What is literal language?
500
This fanboy is used to show that both ideas are negative.
What is NOR?
500
When you add details that appeal to your senses (like colors, smells, sights, sounds, tastes), what are you doing?
What is showing, not telling?
500
This is the time and place of a story.
What is setting?
500
How many times should you read each passage?
What is TWICE!
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