Figurative Language
Identify the device: "The old wooden gate groaned as I pushed it open." Explain how you know your answer is correct.
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Personification
d) Anthropomorphism
The correct answer is C because the gate is acting like a person and gates are non-living things.
Choose the meaning using context: "The dripping faucet continued incessantly throughout the night." What does incessantly mean?
a. rarely
b. continuously
c. carefully
And name something else that might make sounds incessantly.
B. continuously
Alarm clock, fire alarm, ticking clock, squeaky ceiling fan or desk, refrigerator humming, dog barking, text message notifications, rain hitting a window, wind howling
Rewrite this run-on as two correct sentences: "I wanted to finish my homework I started watching a movie instead."
"I wanted to finish my homework. I started watching a movie instead."
"I wanted to finish my homework, but I started watching a movie instead."
"I wanted to finish my homework; I started watching a movie instead."
Read this short scenario and infer theme: A student is nervous about speaking but practices and then shares her story with pride. What theme does this suggest?
a. changing traditions
b. learning to love yourself and your name
c. standing up for what is right
d. overcoming challenges
d. overcoming challenges
Name two characteristics of a personal narrative
true story, first-person narration, chronological sequence,
Write a simile to describe a runner so that it compares the runner to an animal.
____ was as fast as a cheetah or emu
_____ was slow like a tortoise.
In your own words, what does realization mean?
understanding a situation or achievement of something you planned or hope for
Rewrite the dialogue using correct punctuation:
"We should leave now" Said Marcus
"We should leave now," said Marcus.
If a character says, "I'll stay beside you until we reach the cabin," what can you infer about the speaker's relationship to the other character?
The speaker is protective/responsible of the other character
What does an orbiter do? Give one sentence describing its main function.
The main area the space crew lives while traveling in space to perform missions
"The moon was a silver lantern above the quiet lake." What figurative device is used, and why is it that device
"The moon was a silver lantern" is a metaphor because it directly compares moon to lantern without like/as
Give 2 non-examples of the word ecstatic.
depressed, sad, unhappy, miserable, sorrowful, mournful, heartbroken, dejected, sorry
Provide the correct punctuation and capitalization for this dialogue: i will help you the girl responded math is my favorite subject
"I will help you," the girl responded, "Math is my favorite subject."
Every year during the holidays, Nina’s family gathers at her grandmother’s house. While some family members bake a traditional holiday pie, Nina’s mother prepares rice and beans using a recipe that has been passed down through their family. After dinner, Nina’s grandmother teaches the cousins a song from the country where she grew up. Nina enjoys learning the song and hearing stories about her grandmother’s childhood. What theme can we learn about family traditions are supported?
What is a graphic essay?
A graphic essay is a story or comic that tells a true story/memory using text and images
Write a metaphor to describe students that are being too loud for a substitute.
The students were a buzzing beehive. The students were a chaotic zoo. The students became a roaring stadium. The students were a runaway train of noise. The students were a brewing storm. The students became a crashing wave of voices.
Use the word discernible in a sentence that shows you understand its meaning.
Name 4 conjunctions you can use to fix run-on sentences.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Provide an inferences about the relationship between the Ari and Max and explain how you know.
Ari commented, "You don't have to fix everything by yourself."
"I know. I just feel better when I try first," Max responded disappointedly.
Ari encouraged, "Then let me help after you try. We can do it together.'"
The characters are friends or friendly with each other because Ari is willing to help even though Max wants to try it on his own.
Use context to determine the meaning of the bold word. Then write the inferred meaning. "The engineer inspected the fuselage carefully. He noticed a small dent near the joint. The dent seemed trivial, but the team worried it might indicate structural fatigue." What does "fuselage" most likely mean?
fuselage = the main body of an aircraft; (synonym of orbiter
Give an example of anthropomorphism that you might find in children's book.
Big, bad wolf; Winnie the Pooh; Franklin; Arthur; Peter Rabbit; The Little Engine that Could; etc.
Provide a context clue sentence for the word curvature (use the word in a sentence that makes its meaning clear).
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Edit and punctuate the following paragraph (insert punctuation and fix run-ons: sara grabbed her jacket and ran outside she forgot her keys when she reached the door she realized she left them on the table her brother yelled wait you left them inside
Sara grabbed her jacket and ran outside. She forgot her keys. When she reached the door, she realized she had left them on the table. Her brother yelled, "Wait, you left them inside!'"
Using two short personal narratives you read this unit, explain how the story shows a character overcoming a challenge.
The Real Sansgiving; Hello, My Name is; Rosa Park; Step by Step; A View From Earth
Sansgiving - convinces Abuela to incorporate more American traditions into Thanksgiving
Hello - learning to love her name even though she didn't have a middle name and felt incomplete
Rosa Parks - standing up to discrimination
Step by Step - leaving home for a new job during segregation
A View from Earth - fixing the Hubble Space Telescope
Write 3 examples of show, don't tell using this emotion: hunger
- stomach growling/gurgling
- mouth watering/drooling
- clenching stomach/stomach twisting
-pounding headache
- counting the time on the clock