How do You Figure?
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using connecting words such as; like, as, and than.
What is a simile
This Greek/Latin root meaning head can be found in the following words; captain, decapitate, capitol.
What is cap
This is the name for the pattern of rhyme in poetry.
What is rhyme scheme
This type of informational text is written to explain an idea, person, place, or thing by giving details, facts, characteristics, or examples.
what is description
This is the overarching feeling or lesson the reader learns from reading the text
What is theme
"I haven't seen my parents in about 5000 years." Is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole
This Greek/Latin root means birth.
What is gen
This is the name for the talking done between characters in a story
What is dialogue
This type of informational text describes items or events in chronological order.
What is sequence
This is a hint the author gives the reader about what may happen in the story.
What is foreshadowing
A word meaning the opposite of figurative, meaning it really did happen.
What is literal
This Greek/Latin root means life.
What is bio
Sections of this type of story writing are broken into acts and scenes.
What is a script/drama
This type of informational text tells how things are alike and/or different.
What is compare and contrast
This is the most exciting part of a story
What is a climax
"The frogs hollered, the birds sang sweet songs, and the squirrels danced along the branches as we walked along the edge of the pond." Is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification
This Greek/Latin root means to break
What is rupt
The lines of a poem are grouped into these chunks.
What are stanzas
This text feature explains what the picture embedded in the text is featuring
What is a caption
This is the most important idea of the text
What is main idea
A common idiom that actually means "really expensive"
What is costs an arm and a leg
This Greek/Latin root means mother
What is mater
This is the name for the instructions that precede or follow character lines in plays and dramas.
What are stage directions
This type of text was written by someone who researched an event in history and wrote a story or essay to tell what had happened.
What is a second-hand account
This is the name for the ending of a story
What is a resolution