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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

100

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A SIMILE?

A.) SHE WAS AN ANGEL ON EARTH

B.) THE SUN GREETED ME EVERY MORNING

C.) IT'S ALL WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE

D.) THE PUDDLE WAS AS DEEP AS A LAKE

D.) THE PUDDLE WAS AS DEEP AS A LAKE

200

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ALLITERATION?

A.) THIS MEETING IS LASTING A MILLION YEARS!

B.) LIFE ISN'T ALWAYS A BED OF ROSES

C.) DAVID, DIG DEEP

D.) THE STARS DANCED IN THE SKY

C.) DAVID, DIG DEEP

300

TRUE OR FALSE: A METAPHOR COMPARES TWO UNLIKE THINGS WITHOUT USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

TRUE! A SIMILE, ON THE OTHER HAND, USES "LIKE" OR "AS"

400

WHICH IS AN EXAMPLE OF HYPERBOLE?

A.) SHE WAS AS GRACEFUL AS A BALLERINA

B.) ROSIE READ BOOKS WHILE RAFTING DOWN THE RIVER

C.) THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS!

C.) THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING ON FOR HOURS AND HOURS!

500

WRITE AN EXAMPLE OF AN OXYMORON (JUMBO SHRIMP, PRETTY UGLY, ETC). COME UP WITH YOUR OWN!!

ANSWERS WILL VARY

TEXT STRUCTURE

100

WHICH TEXT STRUCTURE USES TIME ORDER OR SEQUENCE? 

A.) CHRONOLOGICAL

B.) COMPARE CONTRAST

C.) PROBLEM SOLUTION

D.) CAUSE EFFECT

A.) CHRONOLOGICAL

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ERIN HAD A BAD COLD. SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AND WAS GIVEN MEDICINE. ERIN IS NOW BETTER.

WHAT TYPE OF TEXT STRUCTURE IS THIS?

A.) COMPARE CONTRAST

B.) PROBLEM SOLUTION

C.) CAUSE EFFECT

D.) CHRONOLOGICAL 

B.) PROBLEM SOLUTION

300

THE HURRICANE HIT FLORIDA OVERNIGHT AND CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING. WHICH TEXT STRUCTURE DOES THIS REPESENT?

A.) CHRONOLOGICAL

B.) PROBLEM SOLUTION

C.) COMPARE CONTRAST

D.) CAUSE EFFECT

D.) CAUSE EFFECT

400

NAME THE FOUR TYPES OF TEXT STRUCTURE WE'VE GONE OVER IN CLASS

CHRONOLOGICAL, PROBLEM/SOLUTION, COMPARE/CONTRAST, CAUSE/EFFECT

500

GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF A PROBLEM AND ITS SOLUTION

ANSWERS WILL VARY

IT'S LIT

100

"ANNABELLE LEE" BY EDGAR ALLAN POE IS AN EXAMPLE OF:

A.) DRAMA

B.) FICTION

C.) NON-FICTION

D.) POETRY

D.) POETRY

200

IN MARTIN LUTHER KING'S "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH, HE RELIES HEAVILY ON _____ TO GET HIS POINT ACROSS:

A.) HYPERBOLE

B.) ALLITERATION

C.) REPETITION

D.) METAPHOR

C.) REPETITION

300

IF SOMETHING CAN BE PROVEN IT IS:

A.) OPINION

B.) NO CAP

C.) A HYPOTHESIS

D.) FACT

D.) FACT

400

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MYTH?

A.) CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

B.) A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

C.) MEDUSA

D.) PAUL BUNYUN 

C.) MEDUSA

500

WHAT IS A TALL TALE?

A.) A MADE-UP TALE WITH GODS/GODDESSES

B.) A STORY OFTEN USING TALKING ANIMALS THAT HAS A MORAL AT THE END

C.) AN AMERICAN FOLK-HERO STORY THAT USES A LOT OF EXAGGERATION

D.) THE TAIL OF A GIRAFFE 

C.) AN AMERICAN FOLK-HERO STORY THAT USES A LOT OF EXAGGERATION

CONFETTI

100

YES OR NO: ARE YOU EXPECTED TO OPEN THE CLASSROOM DOOR WITHOUT MS. KING'S PERMISSION? 

NO!!!

200

A cowboy rode into town on Friday.  He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Friday.  How was that possible?

HIS HORSE WAS NAMED "FRIDAY" :)

300

WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST OF THE HARRY POTTER SERIES?

LORD VOLDEMORT

400

WHAT IS AN ANTONYM FOR THE WORD "HYPER"?

ANSWERS WILL VARY

EXAMPLE: CALM, RELAXED

500

HOW MUCH I-READY ARE YOU EXPECTED TO DO PER WEEK?

AT LEAST ONE LESSON AND 30 MINUTES!!