Figurative Language
Her smile was as bright as the sun.
What is a simile?
What is Meiosis?
"Reading helps improve vocabulary and understanding".
What is "Regular reading builds vocabulary and boosts comprehension skills"?
When an author's work is changed slightly, like the setting, characters, or plot.
What is adaptation?
strong : powerful
tired : lethargic
stroll : amble
What are synonyms?
Time is a thief.
What is a metaphor?
I wish I could just click my heels and my problems would go away!
What is allusion?
"The cat sat on the mat".
What is "The feline rested upon the rug"?
The method used to tell a story.
What is narration?
hot : cold
punctual : tardy
gorgeous : grotesque
What are antonyms?
"Alone along a lonesome lake, Lucy longed for the love of her life".
What is alliteration?
"Break a leg at your audition tonight!"
What is an idiom?
"Giraffes like Acacia leaves and hay and they can consume 75 pounds of food a day".
What is "A giraffe can eat up to 75 pounds of Acacia leaves and hay every day"?
Autobiography/Biography including Memoir; Epic; Folktale; Historical Account; Myth; Novel; Play; Short Story; Speech.
What is narrative?
lie (untruth) : lie (prone)
address (location) : address (speak to)
What are homonyms?
The metal trash can lid fell with a loud clank.
What is an onomatopoeia?
"As I took a bite of the warm apple pie, the buttery crust crumbled softly, and the sweet, spiced apples filled my mouth".
What is imagery?
Up, up, up, groping through clouds for what seemed like an eternity....No amount of practice could have prepared them for what they encountered. B-24s, glittering like mica, were popping up out of the clouds all over the sky.
What is "Despite their training, the pilot and crew's experience was surreal and surprising, seeing for the first time "B-24s, glittering like mica, ... popping up out of the clouds all over the sky"?
Appeals; Editorials; Essays; Letters; Literary Analyses; Proposals; Speeches.
What is argumentative?
there : their
to : too
here : hear
What are homophones?
The old stairs groaned with every step he took.
What is personification?
I'm so tired I could sleep for a million years!
What is a hyperbole?
Wines drunk at Greek tables did not always come from Greece itself. The wine snobbery of the time extolled the merits of wines from the slopes of Mount Lebanon, from Palestine, Egypt and Magna Graecia-Greater Greece, i.e., southern Italy. The ten litres a day drunk by the famous wrestler Milo of Croton was a wine famous in Calabria, where Milo lived: this wine, Ciro, is still made.
What is "Although Greeks were picky about their wine, they enjoyed wine from outside Greece. Upstanding Greeks enjoyed wine from many of Greece's local trading partners—including Palestine, Egypt and southern Italy. One story tells of the famous wrestler Milo of Croton, who consumed ten liters of foreign wine daily."
Comparative Analyses; Historical Reports; Manuals; Magazine and/or Newspaper Articles; Memorandums; Research and/or Scientific Reports.
What is expository?
247, which is a level 3
What is the score and level needed to pass the F.A.S.T.?