Figurative Language
What is it?
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
What is a line?
Pronouns using "I" or "My"
First-person
How the speaker feels or thinks about something in the story or poem.
What is central idea?
What the story is all about.
What is it?
Comparing two things without using like or as.
Metaphor
What is a stanza?
A group of lines together
Pronouns using "He" "She" "Her" "Him" "They"
Third-person
Jonah did not study for the test on Friday. What is his perspective of the test?
He's nervous or scared to take the test.
What is a theme?
The message or lesson of the story.
What is it?
An exaggeration that could not possibly be true.
Hyperbole
What is theme?
The message or lesson
Summer, summer almost here.
Let's give summer a big fat cheer!
Of this fact I'm surely clear:
Summer is the best time of the year.
First-person
She constantly kicked the desk and let out a huge breath of frustration.
What is this character feeling?
Angry, upset, irritated
What are literary elements?
Elements of literature that create a story.
What is it?
Giving an animal or object human-like qualities.
Personification
What is rhyme?
First or third person?
How silently they tumble down
And come to rest upon the ground
To lay a carpet, rich and rare,
Beneath the trees without a care.
Third person
They are scary. But there is nothing like a bat to clear the air.
How does the speaker feel about bats?
Even though they are scary, they are helpful.
How does the setting in a story contribute to the plot?
It informs the readers where the story takes place and how it effects the plot.
What is it?
A phrase that has a different meaning than what is being said.
Idiom
What is a meter?
The number of syllables in a line
Scattering words
I pick them up one by one
Put it into my magic box.
First-person
Like a brown boomerang, my dog lands in my arms.
How does the narrator feel about their dog?
They love their dog. Enjoy spending time with them.
What is Ms. Wahl's favorite color?
Green