figurative language
"As busy as a bee."
Is what type of figurative language?
Simile
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14 lines
geography
What type of greek root is in this?
Geo
What is a central idea?
the main point an author wants you to understand
What is the meaning of greets as used in the sentence below?
He greets me at the doorway each day when I come home from school.
welcomes
The whole world is a stage
Is what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
dynamite
What type of greek root is in this
dyna
What is an example of a central message?
friendship, family, courage, kindness, determination, hard work, be yourself, and acceptance.
What is the meaning of pronounce as used in the sentence below?
Dr. Seuss used rhyming words because he thought it helped kids pronounce words correctly.
to say
"The wind whispered in my ears"
Is what type of figurative language?
Personification
How many stanzas are in a sonnet?
4stanzas
chrome
What does this greek root mean?
colour
Many intellectual histories of the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s rely heavily on essays and other explicitly ideological works as primary sources, a tendency that can overrepresent the perspectives of a small number of thinkers, most of whom were male. Historian Ashley D. Farmer has shown that expanding the array of primary sources to encompass more types of print material—including political cartoons, advertisements, and artwork—leads to a much better understanding of the movement and the crucial and diverse roles that Black women played in shaping it.
What is the central idea?
Farmer’s methods and research have enriched the historical understanding of the Black Power movement and Black women’s contributions to it.
What is the meaning of echo as used in the sentence below?
Have you ever heard an echo? It is rather spooky the first time you hear an echo.
scary
Sally sold some seashells
Is what type of figurative language?
Alliteration
What type of structure is a sonnet.
iambic pentameter
audience
What type of latin Root is this?
aud
Every day when Bill came back from his stroll he would ask if any seafaring men had gone by along the road. At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them. When a seaman did stay at the Admiral Benbow (as now and then some did) he would look in at him through the curtained door before he entered the parlour; and he was always sure to be as silent as a mouse when any such was present.
what is the central idea?
He doesn’t want to encounter any other sailor unexpectedly.
The baby rabbits were in a heap or pile.
What is the meaning of heap?
a pile
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Is what type of figurative language?
Hyperbole
How many syllables are in each line of a sonnet?
10 syllables
dictionary
What does this latin root mean?
dict
What do you ask to find the central idea?
What is the subject of the article, and what does the author reveal about the subject?
Grrr...grrr.. the mean bear said at the mouse.
Why did the author use grrr... grrr... in this sentence?
to show what a bear sounds like