Multiple Meaning Words
dainty - delicate, graceful, delicious, refined
She has on dainty glass slippers.
What definition of dainty is used in the sentence?
Delicate
The start of the school year is a new dawn.
What type of figurative language is this?
Metaphor
I want a new ______ of shoes for my birthday!
Pair or Pear?
Pair
I ran through the tulips with my tuba.
What point of view is this sentence?
First Person
Nerve - bundle of fibers in nervous system, point of disagreement, courage/boldness, vein in a leaf
Ms. Giaccio hit a nerve when she told the other teachers Hamilton is not the best musical.
What definition of nerve is being used?
Point of Disagreement
The sun looked over the kingdom.
What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
I ______ you were talking about me after lunch.
Heard/Herd
Heard
Ms. Durham and Ms. Parker won't stop singing Hamilton. It is driving the rest of the fifth grade teachers crazy.
What point of view is this written in?
Third Person
If you can run fast, you should join the running team.
What definition of can is used?
A - container
B - able to
C - have to
D - bottle
B - able to
Douglas dug a hole with Donald Duck.
What type of figurative language is this?
Alliteration
I have a ton of homework!
Your homework has a ______ of 2,000 pounds?
Weight/Wait
Weight
My ice cream fell on the floor. It made me feel glum.
What word would mean the opposite of glum?
Happy (or synonyms to happy)
The grocery bag was light because it was packed with bread and hot dog buns.
What definition of light is used?
A - lamp
B - not heavy
C - sunshine
D - bright
B - not heavy
Violins are stored in the vast vault under the volcano.
What type of figurative language is this?
Alliteration
I _________ a new phone.
Need/Knead
Need
I grasped his hand tightly, begging that he didn't let go.
What is a synonym for grasped?
Clutched, Grabbed, etc.
A ruler decided that the country would have fair laws.
What definition of ruler is used?
A - measuring tool
B - unit
C - leader
D - subject
C - Leader
KAPOW! Batman burst into the room.
What type of figurative language is this?
Onomatopoeia
I hid from the _________ of elephants.
Herd/Heard
Herd
What do we call a group of lines in a poem?
Stanza