Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
A text that lists things in order uses this structure.
What is sequence?
A story that is made up and contains characters, setting, and plot.
What is fiction?
This movie about a boy wizard is based on a book by J.K. Rowling.
What is Harry Potter?
The correct tense to show something is happening right now.
What is present tense?
“Crash! Boom! Pow!” is an example of
What is onomatopoeia?
A text that explains why something happened and its result uses this structure.
What is cause and effect?
A short story with talking animals that teaches a moral lesson.
What is a fable?
This baseball classic features a magical cornfield and is based on the novel Shoeless Joe.
What is Field of Dreams?
What is the error in this sentence:
All the students' ran out of the school.
“Time is a thief” is an example of
What is a metaphor?
A text that shows how things are the same and different uses this structure.
What is compare and contrast?
A story based on real people or events but still written in story form.
What is nonfiction?
Katniss Everdeen volunteers as tribute in this movie adapted from a YA novel.
What is The Hunger Games?
A sentence that combines two independent clauses using a conjunction is called this.
What is a compound sentence?
“The wind whispered secrets through the trees” is an example of this.
What is personification?
A text that describes a problem and gives solutions uses this structure.
What is problem and solution?
A type of writing meant to explain or inform the reader.
What is expository?
This dystopian film starring Jonas is based on Lois Lowry’s famous novel.
What is The Giver?
This shows ownership and often includes an apostrophe.
What is a possessive noun?
This idiom means you revealed a secret you weren’t supposed to tell.
What is “spill the tea”?
A text that provides details about a topic (colors, sizes, features) uses this structure.
What is description?
A story passed down orally that often involves heroes, monsters, or magic from a culture.
What is a myth?
This movie about a boy surviving with a tiger on a lifeboat was adapted from a novel by Yann Martel.
What is Life of Pi?
This type of sentence expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point.
What is an exclamatory sentence?