Figurative Language
Part of Speech
Reading Comprehension
TDAs
True or False
100

This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100

This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.

What is a noun?

100

The place and time where a story takes place.

What is the setting?

100

True or false: TDAs do not need evidence.

What is false?

100

Dialogue is the written conversation between two or more characters in a story.

What is true?

200

The type of figurative language that compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

200

This part of speech shows action or a state of being and tells what the subject does.

What is a verb?

200

This is when an author directly tells you what a character is like.

What is direct characterization?

200

The second sentence of the TDA prompt asks you to do something.

What is the task?

200

This first person point of view uses pronouns such as "I," "me," "myself," and "us."

What is true?

300

A figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstract concept is given human characteristics.

What is personification?

300

This part of speech takes the place of a noun, often referring to a person, place, or thing already mentioned.

What is a pronoun?

300

This is when an author shows you what a character is like.

What is indirect characterization?

300

This writing strategy is used for writing a five paragraph essay.

What is R.A.C.E.S?

300
Third person omniscient only focuses on the thoughts of one character only.

What is false?

400

This type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration for emphasis.

What is hyperbole?

400

This part of speech describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

What is an adverb?

400

This is the overall message or lesson that an author conveys through a story.

What is the theme?

400

The first sentence of the TDA prompt.

What is a general statement?

400

In second-person point of view, the narrator addresses the reader directly using the pronoun "you."

What is true?

500

This is when words in a sentence begin with the same consonant sound, like in "She sells seashells by the seashore."

What is alliteration?

500

This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence, like "in," "on," or "under."

What is a preposition?

500

This type of narration provides the thoughts and feelings of more than one character and uses pronouns like "he," "she," or "they."

What is third-person omniscient?

500

These three things occur in the Cite and Explain part of the RACES strategy?

What is SAY, MEAN, MATTER?

500

The theme of a story is the subject or general idea it is about, such as love or friendship.

What is false?

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