Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
"Cool as a cucumber"
What is a simile?
What are these examples of:
pirate, apple, bird
What are nouns?
What is first person point-of-view?
What is when the narrator is a character in the story?
Anna did not want to go, but Ginger was clearly very excited. It was rainy out so, Anna put on her raincoat and her rainboots while Ginger waited impatiently by the door. Finally Anna grabbed the leash and out they went.
What can you infer about Ginger?
What is Ginger is a dog?
What is personification?
What is giving an idea or thing human attributes and/or feelings or is spoken of as if it were human?
What are these examples of:
Blue, Funny, Cute
What are adjectives or describing words?
What is second person point-of-view?
What is when the reader becomes the main character?
"Oh no my ring is missing!" said mom in dismay. "When did you have it last?" dad asked. "Well replied mom, "I took it off and put it by the sink while I was doing the dishes, but it isn't there now."
What happened to mom's ring?
What is fell down the sink?
What word in this sentence is an example of onomatopoeia:
The books fell on the table with a loud thump.
What is thump?
What word in this sentence is a verb:
The girl enjoyed identifying the rainbow trout fish in the pond.
What is identifying?
What is third person point-of-view?
What is when the narrator exists outside of the story and addresses the characters by name?
A man ran after a retreating bus, waving his briefcase frantically.
What inference can you make?
What is he needs to catch or get on the bus?
What is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without the express use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
What is an example of a pronoun?
Answers will vary
What words would you see if the story is first person?
What is "I" or "We"?
Why do writers use figurative language?
What is to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader?
Identify the adverb in this sentence:
The girl slowly opened the door.
What is slowly?
What words would you see in a story that is in second person pov?
What is "you" or "your"?