Figurative Language
"She looked like Heidi, or Bo Peep," is an example of __________.
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Allusion
c. Metaphor
d. Personification
What is allusion?
Identify which one is considered to be a strong verb:
a. ran
b. screaming
c. stopped
d. threw
What is screaming?
What is Stargirl's pet rat's name?
a. Pepper
b. Cinnamon
c. Sprinkles
d. Spice
What is Cinnamon?
Identify the definitions as "direct" or "indirect".
1. Straight up telling the reader the character’s actual physical and mental traits. Think “telling.”
2. Not outright providing the reader with information but forcing the reader to use their imagination; author will only show how the character speaks, thinks, acts, or how other characters react to him. Think “showing.”
What is 1. direct 2. indirect?
Stargirl used Hillari's name in the "Happy Birthday" song, but she actually sang to who?
a. Hillari Kimble
b. Leo Borlock
c. Wayne Parr
d. Kevin Johnson
Who is Leo Borlock?
"If we happened to somehow distinguish ourselves, we quickly snapped back into place, like rubber bands," is an example of a _____________.
a. simile
b. oxymoron
c. metaphor
d. verb
What is simile?
Identify which one is considered to be a strong verb:
(Hint: There may be more than 1)
a. saw
b. raced
c. said
d. bolted
What is raced and bolted?
On page 38, Spinelli writes that the students in MAHS, .." were gathered in the auditorium for the annual oratorical contest." Using context clues, what most likely does "oratorical" mean?
a. Public Speaking
b. Acting
c. Musical
d. Baking
What is public speaking?
Identify the example as "direct" or "indirect" characterization:
We found him...reading...The moment he saw us, he put his book down. "Students! Welcome!"
What is indirect?
Who is Senor Saguaro?
a. the Spanish teacher at Mica Area High School
b. Stargirl's mother
c. Leo's neighbor
d. a giant cactus in Archie's yard
What is a giant cactus in Archie's yard?
The rat was telling her what it saw.
a. idiom
b. allusion
c. personification
d. hyperbole
What is personification?
Identify which one is considered to be a strong verb:
(Hint: There may be more than 1)
a. windmilling
b. yanking
c. played
d. whistled
What is windmilling, yanking, and whistled.
Why type of figurative language is found in the following sentence? " With my resistance now gone, I jumped in with both feet."
a. metaphor
b. personification
c. oxymoron
d. idiom
What is idiom?
Identify the example as "direct" or "indirect" characterization:
“When she came by our table, I got my first good look at her face. She wasn’t gorgeous, wasn’t ugly.”
What is direct?
Stargirl was home schooled before coming to MAHS.
What is true?
The rat she brought to school was only the tip of the iceberg.
a. simile
b. idiom
c. allusion
d. oxymoron
What is idiom?
Identify which one is considered to be a strong verb:
(Hint: There may be more than 1)
a. stomped
b. gaped
c. sagged
d. jump
What is stomped, gaped, and sagged?
" Archie cocked his head, as if he had just caught the sound of a rare bird. The pipe stem anchored a wry grin. A sweet scent filled the air about our rocking chairs. He stared at Kevin." This passage contains __________________________.
a. personification, simile, and imagery
b. simile, metaphor, and imagery
c. idiom, imagery, and personification
d. simile, personification, and metaphor
What is personification, simile, and imagery?
Identify the example as "direct" or "indirect" characterization:
1. In the hallways, she said hello to perfect strangers.
2. What does that suggest about her character?
What is 1. indirect 2. friendly?
In Chapter 9, Spinelli compares the students of Mica Area High School to what?
a. dormant mud frogs awakening from the rain
b. a giant cactus
c. a shining star
d. a rat named Cinnamon
What is dormant mud frogs awakening from the rain?
The Parr was a worthy subject precisely because he did nothing, because he was so monumentally good at doing nothing?
a. allusion
b. oxymoron
c. idiom
d. personification
What is oxymoron?
Identify which one is considered to be a strong verb:
(Hint: There may be more than 1)
a. lingered
b. shrugged
c. stomped
d. questioned
What is lingered, shrugged, stomped, and questioned?
Which line from the text could support a possible theme from Stargirl?
a. "On the contrary, she is one of us. Most decidedly She is us more than we are us. She is, I think, who we really are. Or were." (p.32)
b. "A natural question in a city as young as Mica. Nearly everybody had been born somewhere else." (p. 34)
c. " 'Stargirl.' The word came out whispery; my throat was dry." ( p. 33)
d. "He called us the Loyal Order of the Stone Bone. He gave us homemade necklaces. The pendant was a small fossil bone strung on rawhide." (p. 31)
What is "On the contrary, she is one of us. Most decidedly She is us more than we are us. She is, I think, who we really are. Or were." (p.32)?
Identify each example as "direct" or "indirect" characterization:
1. No one sat with her, but at the tables next to hers, kids were cramming two to a seat. She didn't seem to notice.
2. Stargirl is oblivious.
What is 1. indirect 2. direct?
There is a bulletin board in the school's courtyard. It is in the shape of ___________________.
What is a roadrunner?