Figurative Language
Im as fast as a cheetah
what is a simile?
a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text
what is an illustration
what is a noun?
The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window.
what is wonderful?
The room started to stink like some rotten dying animal. The students all pinched their noses shut. Then Mr Headley spotted Micah with a whole bunch of empty Grande Bell Burrito wrappers all around his desk.
What is Micah has bad gas?
This room is a pigsty
what is a metaphor
First you turn the oven to 350.
Then you mix the flour, egg, sugar, oil mixture
Then you put the mix in a pan
Finally, cook the cake for 30 minutes
what is sequencial?
in a sentence, this is the person or thing that is doing the action.
what is the subject?
John was so hungry that he didn’t leave a single particle of the muffin on the plate.
what is a small piece?
Lucas came into the class late, and slammed the door shut. Ms. Madsen was walking back towards her office. With red, tear streaked eyes, Lucas went to his seat and put his head down.
what is getting in trouble?
the tree danced in the wind
what is personification
found at the end of the text that gives the definitions of words
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject
what is a predicate?
Cassie took her time when she wrote in cursive, slowly making each word out of an elegant series of arcs and loops.
what is fancy?
Rilyn just got finished with his 100th round of Hello Kitty Adventure Island MLP collab deathmatch and it was getting late. Feeling proud of himself for being the nations greatest Hello Kitty player, he falls asleep with ease. The next day, Rilyn walks into Mr. Headley's class and notices it is set up for STAAR. Rilyn's eyes widen and lets out $^&%&#@@@!#$%^!!!!
What is failing to prepare for the major exam?
i am as hungry as a horse
what is hyperbole?
I would love to have a dog as a pet because they are super cute and cuddly. They also are good protectors of your property. The downside is, they can be expensive, and take a lot of work to care for them.
what is advantage/disadvantage?
two sentences combined by a coordinating conjunction and a comma
what is a compound sentence?
After Gears of Pain 6 came out, the number of people playing Gears of Pain 5 declined.
What is went down?
Miya came out of the bathroom with tears in her eyes. She ran down to the cafeteria and asked the staff if they had any rice. Fortunately for Miya, Ms. Lucille did. Ms. Lucille filled a red plastic cup about half way with white rice grains and handed it to Miya. Miya pulled a damp phone from out of her back pocket and pushed it into the dry rice grains inside of the plastic cup. She sincerely thanked Ms. Lucille and then went back to class. She felt relieved, but she was still a little worried.
What is getting your phone wet?
you are the apple of my eye
what is a metaphor?
Pollution is causing a lot of issues for sea life. Not only are the chemicals making fish unsafe to eat, some animals are killed by the plastic debris we leave behind.
What is cause and effect?
My friend said "I runs to the store yesterday" and I told him to learn to speak properly.
He didn't agree. So I told him his mistake.
What is subject verb agreement?
Kevin thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not.
what is not fair?
Michael was the star quarterback of the football team and he was dating Amanda Barnes, the captain of the cheerleading squad. Everything was going perfectly for them until Michael was seriously injured during one of the last games of the season. The doctors told him that he would probably never play football again and that he would have to wear a large cast on his leg for several months. Amanda stayed really close with Michael immediately after the injury, but then she started to change. She would not visit him often. She would not wait by his locker or help him carry his books to class anymore. Also, he noticed that she was talking more and more with Ken Madsen, the new quarterback. This upset Michael greatly. Then one day Amanda told him that she and Michael needed to have a talk after school. Michael did not like the sound of that.
What is getting dumped?