Figurative Language
Books and Essays
No Red Ink
Flocabulary
Affixes
100
This compares things using like or as

Simile

100

No matter how small or old you are, it's the heart that counts.

The Smallest Dragonboy

100
The store is right over their!

There

100

A _______ is a category!

Genre

100

A

Not

200

BAM! SMACK! KADUNK!

Onomatopoeia

200
"Every mongoose dreams of being a house mongoose one day."

Rikki Tikki Tavi

200

Generally I think it's a good idea.

Comma:

Generally,

200

Batman has a ______ that good conquers evil.

Theme

200

sym

same

300
I spilled the milk. My life is ruined.

Hyperbole

300

Topic plus opinion plus three reasons.

Thesis Statement

300

The principle called home this evening.

Principal

300

Affect and effect are ______ _______ ______.

Commonly Confused Words.

300

cent

hundred

400

The rain tap danced on the roof.

Personifcation

400

Transition word + Rephrased Topic Sentence

Closing Sentence

400

Truth be told I just don't care.

Comma

400

Mr. S, do we have to do the _______?

Lyric Lab

400

deca

ten

500

It's raining cats and dogs outside.

Idiom

500

Transition word + rephrased Thesis

Conclusion sentence

500

Politics are 

Sentence fragment

500

"Dogs make way better ____ than cat's do...."

pets

500
re

again

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