Figurative Language
Bam! Pow! Woosh!
What is Onomatopoeia?
Read the sentence below:
Last weekend, she want me to taste new dips.
a. wants
b. wanted
c. wanting
d. correct as is
What is b. wanted?
The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happens is.....
What is cause and effect?
What is a caption?
A word part added to the beginning of a word and changes its meaning.
What is a prefix.
It's raining cats and dogs!
What is an Idiom?
What is the verb in the following sentence?
Squirrels live in cities and in the country?
This text structure is "how are things in the text are similar and different."
What is compare and contrast?
The purpose of this text feature is to draw attention to important words that can be vocabulary words.
Pieces of information that SUPPORTS the main idea.
a. details
b. suffixes
c. paragraphs
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is Hyperbole?
What is the adjective in the following sentence?
The dunes at the beach are huge.
What is huge?
The text structure that shows events taking place over time or steps is....
What is sequence?
This graphic feature uses labels and an illustration to explain or show how something works or parts of something.
What is a diagram?
A group of lines or verses in a poem.
What is a stanza?
The black bug bit a big black bear.
What is alliteration?
The weather interests Sara. Mom teachers him about it.
What is her?
"Similar, same, alike, both, on the other hand, instead" are signal words for which text structure?
a. comparison
b. question and answer
c. description
d. cause and effect
What is a. comparison?
This is usually found in the back of a book or text and it helps a reader to understand the meaning of important words.
What is a glossary?
A word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning.
What is a suffix?
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is simile?
Combine the two simple sentences using the conjunction in parentheses to create to a compound sentence.
Should we start class? Should we wait? (or)
"First, second, following, and finally" are used for which text structure?
a. description
b. cause and effect
c. sequenced
d. problem and solution
What is c. sequenced?
This feature is a word, phrase or sentence at the beginning of a small section of a written passage that tells you what that section will be about.
What is a heading?
This root word means study or "study of"
a. -sci-
b. -graph-
c. -ology-
d. -mem-
What is c. -ology-