Idiom or Hyperbole
Idiom or a hyperbole?... I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole! The person is exaggerating how hungry they are
Metaphor of personification... the students were angels while their teacher was absent.
What point of view is the follow sentence written in... "I went to the store with my sister yesterday"
1st person (I, my)
Name 2 suffixes that we learned this year!
Examples: -ful, -ness, -er, -est
What two things are wrong with the following sentence... "There going to the movies on saturday."
1.) Using the wrong homophone- it should say "they're"
2.) Capitalization- days of the week need to be capitalized. It should say "Saturday"
Idiom or hyperbole?... Before my performance, my friends said "break a leg"!
Idiom- your friend doesn't really want you to break your leg, it is just a saying meaning "good luck"
Personification or Metaphor?... The stars danced in the night sky
Personification! Stars are being given the human quality of dancing!
What are the two plot elements that happen BEFORE the climax of the story?
2) Rising action
What does the prefix ex- mean?
Example: exhale, exclude
Definition: out
What two things do you need to put together to make an inference?
1) Text evidence
2) Background knowledge
Idiom or hyperbole?... My teacher said "we have a TON of work to do today!"
Hyperbole- the teacher means we have a lot of work to do and is exaggerating the amount by saying "a ton"
Personification or Metaphor?... The thunder yelled loudly!
Personification! Thunder is being given the human trait of yelling
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Main idea is what a text is mostly about. Theme is a message or lesson you can learn from the story.
What does the prefix trans- mean?
Example: transportation, transfer
Definition: across
Ms. Gilligan is going to show you a short speech! What is the theme of the speech?
Answer: The theme is building towards a better country, where everyone is treated equally no matter what race they are or the color of their skin.
Idiom or hyperbole?... After taking my test, I said "that was a piece of cake!"
Idiom- the person doesn't really mean that the test was a piece of cake, they mean that it was really easy!
Personification or Metaphor?... The crowd were roaring lions when they cheered for their favorite basketball team!
Metaphor! They are comparing the crowd's cheers to lions roaring!
What are 3 signal words to look for in chronological text structure?
First, Then, Last, Dates, Ancient, Recently, etc.
What does the suffix -tion mean?
Example: exploration, motivation
When you explore, you are in the act of exploration
**DAILY DOUBLE** Write a 4 sentence summary about Bud, Not Buddy (chapters 1-10).
10-year-old Bud was sent to live with a new foster family, the Amos's. Bud ends up "going on the lam", using his list of "rules and things for having a funner life and making a better liar out of yourself" to help him survive. Using the clues his momma left for him, inside of his suitcase, Bud decides to look for his father, who he believes to be Herman E. Calloway, of the Dusky Devastators!
(teacher will check answers!)
Personification or Metaphor?... The snow was kissing her cheeks as it fell from the sky.
Personification! Even though it says "was", snow is being given the human action of "kissing".
What are two strategies to help you figure out what the main idea of an article is?
Answers:
1) look at repeated words
2) look at the title, pictures, and other text features
3) looking at the IMPORTANT information (not just the interesting information)
4) read the FIRST and LAST sentence of every paragraph
What does the suffix -er mean? There are two answers.
Example: farmer , faster
-er means
1) a person who does something
2) comparison
Correctly label the adjective, noun, verb and adverb in the following sentence... "I happily chased after my playful puppy."
Adjective: playful
Noun: puppy
Verb: chased
Adverb: happily