Figurative Language
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Mystery
100
"The girl is as sweet as pie" is an example of this
What is simile
100
"Her shirt was blue" is an example of this kind of sentence
What is declarative
100
Provide a synonym for "humorous"
What is funny
100
There are two things needed in order for a sentence to be complete
What is subject and predicate
100
Haiku follow this pattern
What is five syllables, seven syllables, five syllables
200
"The wind whispered in my ear" is an example of this
What is personification
200
"Give me my pencil back!" is an example of this kind of sentence
What is imperative
200
Provide an antonym for "silly"
What is serious
200
"She ran to the grocery store and then she bought a popsicle and then she talked to her friend and finally she walked home" is an example of what
What is run-on sentence
200
A story that takes place in the past but includes made-up characters falls under this genre
What is historical fiction
300
"Four furry friends frowned fiercely at me" is an example of this
What is alliteration
300
"What is the point of all this?" is an example of this kind of sentence
What is interrogative
300
Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have completely different meanings are these
What is homophones
300
"Because he had no money" is an example of
What is sentence fragment
300
When you cite a book in an essay, you need to ensure that you do two things
What is capitalize the title and underline it
400
"Hiss" "Chirp" and "Quack" are all examples of this
What is onomatopoeia
400
"I am sick and tired of you making fun of me!" is an example of this kind of sentence
What is exclamatory
400
A "chunk" that goes in front of a word is called this
What is prefix
400
"My mother gave me five dollars, so I bought some lunch" is an example of this kind of sentence
What is compound sentence
400
The message or moral that an author tries to get across in a story is known as the story's what
What is theme
500
"Students are sponges who soak in knowledge" is an example of this
What is metaphor
500
"I love Alaska!" is an example of this kind of sentence
What is exclamatory
500
In the word "vaporize", -ize is this word's what
What is suffix
500
"Because I was broke, I couldn't go to the movies" is this kind of sentence
What is complex
500
"I tried so hard on the SBA's that my brains started to pour out of my ears!" is an example of this form of figurative language
What is hyperbole
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