Figurative Language
What is a simile? What is a metaphor?
A simile is comparing two things using like or as.
A metaphor is comparing two things without using like or as.
What is a main idea? What are supporting details?
What does it mean to compare two objects?
To explain how the two objects are similar
What does it mean to summarize?
To put a story or passage into your own words and only including important details.
What can you infer?
Your friend walks past you without smiling. Her head is hanging down. She wipes a tear away from her eye, and looks at her report card.
Your friend did not make good grades on her report card.
Find the alliteration.
Janie went to her friend Jan's. Jan showed Janie her new book. Jan and Janie went down to the brook. Janie read a book by the babbling brook
Janie read a book by the babbling brook
What is theme?
the lesson or moral from a story
What does it mean to contrast two objects?
To tell how the two objects are different
Summarize the story.
On another day, the lion was caught in a net by a hunter. The mouse came there and cut the net. Thus it escaped. There after, the mouse and the lion became friends. They lived happily in the forest afterwards.
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What is the main idea?
Most teenagers and young adults do not know what they want to do for the rest of their lives. It is a big decision. There are a number of things you can do to narrow the choices. For example you can take an interest test, do some research on your own about a career, try volunteer work in the field in which you are interested, or “job-shadow”, in which you spend a day with a person who is working in a field that interests you. These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a career.
These are just a few helpful ideas as you begin to choose a career.
Give an example of an onomatopoeia.
Achoo!
Bang!
Woof!
What is the main idea?
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach. It is a beach with light- colored, soft sand. The coastline goes on for a long way and many people enjoy walking along it. Children like to play in the surf and walk along the rocks that are visible at low tide. This is a fun beach for people of all ages.
Summer is a wonderful time to spend at West Beach.
The key word "like" hints that you will be comparing or contrasting two objects?
comparing
Summarize the story.
There lived a heron by a big lake. He used to catch fish and eat them. But he had become old and could not catch fish like before. He went without food for many days together.
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What is a brief explanation found next to a image, chart, graph, etc.
caption
What type of figurative language is this?
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
personification
List 2 supporting details.
The movie Apollo 13 was a blockbuster for the summer of 1995. It is an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth. People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. What makes it even more exciting is that it is a true story.
All details listed.
It is an exciting story about space exploration. In the movie, the astronauts get in trouble while they are trying to return to Earth. People in the audience are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens. What makes it even more exciting is that it is a true story.
The key word "although" hints that you will be comparing or contrasting two objects?
contrasting
What can you infer?
A character uses words like "stat" and "emergency" and "prep" and "operation."
The character is in the medical field.
heading
List a common theme found in stories.
compassion, honesty, friendship, anger, everyone is going through something, kindness, bravery, treat everyone the way you would want to be treated, etc.
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What can you infer?
When you enter a house, you see backpacks by the door, small shoes scattered near them. You see an art easel, and a room with a doll house and a toy box.
This house has children that live there.
What is an alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject or text, usually found at the back of a book?
glossary