Figurative Language
Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary
Just for Fun
Terms to Know
100
What figurative language is this: The tree was a monster in the wind on Halloween night.
What is METAPHOR
100

What did the main characters in The Kayak and The Dog of Pompeii teach us/what did they have in common?

What is DON'T LET ADVERSITY/CHALLENGES STOP YOU FROM HELPING OTHERS.

100
Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife. And Faith, as the wife was aptly named, thrust her own pretty head into the street, letting the wind play with the pink ribbons of her cap while she called to Goodman Brown. What do the words forth, threshold and aptly mean in this passage?
What is FORWARD, DOORWAY/ENTRANCE, FITTING/APPROPRIATE
100

Name A Keith Urban song.

Answers will vary because he has so many hits, so many great songs...too many to name.

100
This is the main character in a story whose conflicts we are most interested in.
What is PROTAGONIST
200
What figurative language is this: The tree's branches were waving in the wind and the leaves shivered in fright on Halloween night.
What is PERSONIFICATION
200

Now, after a series of elimination bouts, they had been informed that they were to meet each other in the division finals that were scheduled for the seventh of August, two weeks away— the winner to represent the Boys’ Club in the Golden Gloves Championship Tournament. What does elimination mean and what sport are they talking about in this passage?

What is YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO CONTINUE/YOU ARE NOW 'OUT'; BOXING

200
He was handed a packet of papers and a computer card on which he listed his one elective:French. What is a synonym for elective.
What is OPTION
200

What event do we typically have at school in December where you get to 'dress to the nines'?

What is SOCIAL DANCE

200
This is when the author gives us clues about something that will happen later in the story.
What is FORESHADOWING
300
What 2 figurative language examples are these: SNAP! The tree twigs cracked and tricked the hikers into thinking a tiger was following them.
What is ONOMATOPOEIA & ALLITERATION
300
It came whispering from the springs of the still-swaying rocking-horse, and even the horse, bending his wooden, champing head, heard it. The big doll, sitting so pink and smirking in her new pram, could hear it quite plainly, and seemed to be smirking all the more self-consciously because of it. The foolish puppy, too, that took the place of the teddy-bear, he was looking so extraordinarily foolish for no other reason but that he heard the secret whisper all over the house. What figurative language is illustrated in this passage?
What is PERSONIFICATION
300
On the way to his homeroom, Victor tried a scowl. He felt foolish, until out of the corner of his eye he saw a girl looking at him. Umm, he thought, maybe it does work. He scowled with greater conviction. What is a synonym for conviction. .
What is BELIEF, ATTEMPTING TO BE SERIOUSLY SCOWLING
300

What teacher at CMJHS has eaten camel, snake, kangaroo, and alligator?

Who is MRS. BAKKEN

300
A character struggles with a lie he told. What two types of conflict do we call this?
What is CHARACTER VS SELF; INTERNAL CONFLICT
400
What 3 figurative language examples are these: The wrestler's legs were like tree trunks as he fought for the belt. He had been training for a lifetime for this one fight. The belt was begging to be won!
What is SIMILE, HYPERBOLE, PERSONIFICATION
400
In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The morning house lay empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine! In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunny side up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two cool glasses. What two types of figurative language are illustrated in this passage?
What is ONOMATOPOEIA; PERSONIFICATION
400
The bell sounded for fifth period, and Victor shot out of the room, avoiding the stares of the other kids, but had to return for his math book. He looked sheepishly at the teacher, who was erasing the board, then widened his eyes in terror at Teresa who stood in front of him. Name an antonym for sheepishly.
What is CONFIDENTLY; BOLDLY
400

If the person who named "Walkie Talkies" named everything, what would bumblebees be called?

What is FUZZY BUZZY

400

The Canadian Flag represents meanings that you can't hold in your hand. Name two meanings of what it represents and what do you call this?

It is called symbolism.

The Canadian Flag symbolizes our patriotism and our freedom and our diverse and beautiful country.


500
What four types of figurative language are in this passage? The silent screams of the scared girl, Scarlett, haunted the young man as he walked by the old abandoned house. He ran as fast as a cheetah to get out of there.
What is OXYMORON, ALLITERATION, PERSONIFICATION, SIMILE
500
He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining "bracelet" to the left one of his companion. The glad look in the girl's eyes slowly changed to a bewildered horror. The glow faded from her cheeks. Her lips parted in a vague, relaxing distress. Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other forestalled him. The glum-faced man had been watching the girl's countenance with veiled glances from his keen, shrewd eyes. What is the bracelet? Identify three emotions that are shown in this passage but aren't used in this passage?
What is HANDCUFFS. SHOCK, DISMAY, ALMOST VENGEANCE
500
Uncontrolled blazes fueled by weather, wind, and dry underbrush, wildfires can burn acres of land—and consume everything in their paths—in mere minutes. What do the words fueled, underbrush, consume and mere mean in this passage.
What is FUELED - FED OR INCREASED BY, UNDERBRUSH - SMALL SHRUBS AND TREES, CONSUME - TAKE OVER AND DESTROY, MERE - IN JUST A FEW MINUTES
500

Name three reasons why we had Gr. 7 Camp?

What is TEAM BUILDING, HAVE FUN OUTDOORS, MAKE NEW FRIENDS, GET YOU TO TRY SOMETHING NEW.

500
What do we call the series of events within a storyline?

What are all parts of this?

What is PLOT - EXPOSITION, INITIAL INCIDENT, RISING ACTION, CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION, RESOLUTION/DENOUEMENT.

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