Figurative Language
A comparison using the words "like" or "as"
What is a SIMILE?
John Henry was a ___________ as his job.
What is a steel driver?
The tool used to compare and contrast
What is a Venn Diagram?
What the story is MOSTLY about
What is the main idea?
Who is Spikey?
Rita rode on a rowdy, red rollercoaster would be an example of this.
What is alliteration?
The amount of bones in an adult human's body.
What is 206?
When you look for similarities between two things.
What is comparing?
A reasonable guess about characters or events
What is an inference?
The Step Up to Writing color for your introduction and conclusion
What is green?
"You're driving me up a wall" would be an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
This insect bit at the Giant's feet causing the sea to be flooded with salt.
What are ants?
Listing events in time order.
What is chronological order?
Words to describe a person based on what they do, say, and think.
What are character traits?
The amount of candles on the kinara for Kwanzaa
What is seven?
An exaggerated statement meant to prove a point.
What is a HYPERBOLE?
The setting (time and place) of Porpoise in Peril.
What is the coast of Taipei in the present?
The reason WHY something happens
What is the CAUSE?
A word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday literal meaning
What is figurative language?
The date we come back from holiday break.
When is January 4th?
An example could include: The snow was a blanket.
What is a METAPHOR?
The name of Pecos Bill's wild colt.
Who is Widow Maker?
When you look for differences between two things
What is contrasting?
An area of land that has common features.
What is a region?
The names of the four members of the Science Squad