Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using the words "like" or "as."
Answer: What is a simile?
This text structure explains how things happen in order, starting with the first event and going to the last.
For example: "She mixed the batter, poured it into the pan, and baked it until golden brown. After it cooled, she frosted the cake and served it to her friends!
Answer: What is chronological order or sequential order?
In which point of view is the narrator telling the story using "I" or "we"?
Answer: What is first person?
In a passage about how hard work leads to success, what is the main idea?
Answer: What is the value of hard work?
The repetition of the "s" sound in the phrase "slippery slippery slide" is an example of which literary device?
Answer: What is alliteration?
In the sentence "The stars are diamonds in the sky," the stars are being compared to what? AND is this a simile or metaphor?
Answer: What is diamonds? (This is a metaphor.)
If a story describes how a boy tries to fix his broken bike and then explains how he fixed it, what is being used?
Answer: What is problem and solution
If the narrator is telling the story directly to you using the word "you," which point of view is that?
Answer: What is second person?
What is the main idea of a story about a group of friends who work together to solve a problem?
Answer: What is teamwork?
In the sentence, "I went to the store with my mom," which point of view is being used?
Answer: What is first person?
In the sentence "The wind whispered through the trees," what figurative language is being used?
- Personification, Simile, or Metaphor
What is personification? (The wind is given the human quality of whispering.)
Personification is when you give human like qualities to something non human
A story talks about how a hurricane causes flooding, and then it explains how the community rebuilt after the storm. Which text structure is this?
Answer: What is cause and effect
In the sentence, "You should try the new game," which point of view is being used?
Answer: What is second person?
If a story is about a character learning the importance of being kind, what is the theme of the story?
Answer: What is kindness?
This is the main message or lesson that a story teaches.
Answer: What is theme?
Which of the following sentences contains alliteration?
1) The dog ran fast.
2) The big brown bear bounced by the bushes.
Answer: What is The big brown bear bounced by the bushes?
For an essay contest, students are asked to take two different things and look at how they are similar and different. What is another name for what this type of writing could be called where people are relating two different things, while also sharing what makes them different?
Answer: What is compare and contrast?
Which of these sentences is in first person?
a) He walked down the street.
b) I love going to the park.
Answer: What is I love going to the park?
If a story explains how a group of people came together to build a playground in their neighborhood, for the many nearby kids, what do you think the central idea is?
Answer: What is community effort or working together?
If a character is carrying an umbrella and wearing a raincoat, you can infer that it is probably what kind of weather?
Answer: What is rainy?
The phrase "The classroom was a zoo" compares the classroom to what? And is this a Simile, Metaphor, or Alliteration?
Answer: What is a zoo? (This is a metaphor.)
If a passage describes how a tree grows, starting with a seed and ending with a tall tree, what text structure is being used?
Answer: What is chronological order or sequential order?
In a story where the main character feels scared, and everything seems dark and dangerous, whose perspective are we getting?
Answer: What is the main character’s perspective?
If a passage explains and focuses on how different animals prepare for winter, but has a few other additional animal facts, what is the central idea of this passage?
Answer: What is how animals prepare for winter?
If a story says, “Tom’s hands were shaking as he held the microphone,” what can you infer about how Tom is feeling?
Answer: What is nervous or scared?