Figurative Language
What is description?
Description is explaining something so you can picture it
What are vowels and consonants?
Vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y
Consonants: every other letter
What is a syllable?
The beats of a word
or
Breaking a word down into its different sounds
What is a central idea?
What the text is mostly about
Define:
noun
verb
adjective
noun - person, place, thing, or idea
verb - action word
adjective - describing word
Describe the day
Various responses
What is the difference between a long vowel and a short vowel?
Long vowels say their names and short vowels say the sound.
How many syllables in this word:
unconventional
5
What is theme?
The lesson in the text
Give an example for each of these:
verb
adjective
noun
verb - any action
adjective - any describing word
noun - any object
What is personification and give an example
Personification is giving human qualities to non human things
Example: The trees danced in the wind.
When you have a VCV word (vowel, consonant, vowel) does it make a long or short sound? (Give an example)
Long
(Rate)
a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning
a group of letters added to the end of a word to change the meaning
Prefixes and suffixes
Where should you look to find central idea?
*3 things you should look at
First sentence, last sentence, repeating words
The _________ dog ________ through the fence.
adjective - verb
What are similes and metaphors and how are they different?
Similes and metaphors both compare things only one uses like/as and the other does not.
Say this word accurately:
Philosophical
Break this word into syllables and tell me if they are open or closed
misconception
mis-con-cep-tion
all closed
Why is it important to be able to find the main idea?
Helps you remember what you read and helps you to figure out what is important
What 4 things do you need to create a complete sentence?
noun, verb, capital letter, period
Describe something from your morning using one of the literary devices below:
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Various responses
Say this word accurately:
Transubstantial
What are open and closed syllables and how are they different?
closed syllables end in consonants and make the short sound while open syllables end in vowels and make the long sound
What are the differences between central idea and theme?
The central idea applies ONLY to the text and the theme applies to life and goes beyond the text.
Which is a fragment, complete sentence, run on sentence?
1. The wind howled outside and the door slammed shut the lightning struck and thunder roared outside.
2. Fluffy little bunnies and kitties.
3. The carrier pigeon brought me a note yesterday.
1. Run on sentence
2. Sentence fragment
3. Complete sentence