Figurative Language
Compare two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
A person in the story.
What is a character?
Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The dead leaf butterfly blends in with trees because it looks like a dried leaf; its camouflage helps protect it from its enemies.
In the sentence, what is the meaning of camouflage?
What is disguise?
As soon as it started raining, the kids charged toward the gymnasium to try to stay dry.
Based on its context in the sentence above, what is the meaning of the word charged?
What is moved forward quickly?
A statement using words that have a different meaning than usual; you can't take them literally. (Break a leg!)
What is idiom?
Where a story takes place.
What is the setting?
Paula liked her new socks so much that she asked for _____ pair.
What is another?
Some cautious wild animals recoil when they feel threatened, but bolder animals such as bears and cougars are more likely to attack.
In the sentence, what is the meaning of recoil?
What is back away?
He wrote stories in his own fashion.
The word fashion in this sentence means
What is manner?
An excessive overstatement or exaggeration of fact.
What is hyperbole?
A word that has the same meaning as another word.
What is a synonym?
Which word in the following sentence is spelled incorrectly?
The toddler was draging his toy around the gymnasium while the team practiced.
What is dragging?
Pungent odors, including those from onions, garlic, and ammonia, can cause allergic reactions in some people.
Looking at the sentence above, what is the definition of pungent?
What is strong?
The two business people discussed the deal in the lounge of the hotel.
The word lounge in this sentence means
What is a room for sitting?
The use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas.
What is personification?
A brief restatement of the main ideas of a story in one’s own words.
What is a summary?
1 I am excited to go to a Cubs baseball game tonight. 2 I have never been to a baseball game before. 3 I don't know who will win. 4 Hopefully the Cubs.
Which of the above sentences is a fragment?
What is sentence number 4?
People who find solutions to problems tend to be resourceful.
In the sentence, what is the meaning of resourceful?
What is able to find a way?
Because the company was close to bankruptcy, the lost deal was very grave.
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence above?
What is serious?
Two or more words having the same beginning sound.
What is alliteration?
The lesson, moral, or essential message of a story or poem.
What is the theme?
What is the simple future tense of the verb play?
What is will play?
Adversities such as poverty, poor grades, and a weak family background can be overcome with hard work.
Looking at the sentence above, what is the meaning of adversities?
What is obstacles?
Though Katie knew a lot of older people, most of her closest friends were her contemporaries.
What is the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence above?
What is people of the same age?