Figurative Language
$100: This figurative language uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two different things.
What is a simile?
$100: The 'main idea' of a paragraph or story refers to this.
What is the central point or most important message?
$100: When an author writes to make you laugh or simply enjoy the writing, this is generally their purpose.
What is to entertain?
$100: To find differences between two subjects, you do this.
What is contrast?
$100: Using words around an unfamiliar word to figure out its meaning is finding these.
What are context clues?
$200: "The classroom was a zoo." is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
$200: In a well-written paragraph, this part usually states the main idea clearly.
What is the topic sentence?
$200: This acronym helps readers remember the three main reasons an author writes: Persuade, Inform, Entertain.
What is P.I.E.
$200: When you identify similarities between two stories, you perform this action.
What is compare?
$200: This type of context clue provides a synonym close to the unfamiliar word.
What is a synonym clue?
$300: This term refers to an extreme exaggeration, such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole?
$300: A reader can use these, such as supporting details and evidence, to determine the main idea when it's not explicitly stated
What are context clues?
$300: If a text is aiming to change your opinion on a subject, the author's purpose is to do this.
What is to persuade?
$300: This diagram uses overlapping circles to display similarities and differences.
What is a Venn diagram?
$300: An author might include this opposite meaning word as a hint within a sentence.
What is an antonym clue?
$400: Referring to a storm as "angry" involves giving it human-like traits. Name this figurative language.
What is personification?
$400: This technique involves summarizing sections to identify the main idea.
What is skimming and scanning?
$400: When a text provides instructions or explains something step-by-step, this is the author's purpose.
What is to inform?
$400: Words such as "however," "in contrast," and "on the other hand" signal a writer is doing this.
What is contrasting?
$400: This type of context clue describes the unfamiliar word through examples.
What is an example clue?
$500: This kind of figurative language involves the repetition of the initial consonant sound, like in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
$500: When trying to find the main idea in a passage about animal habitats, this type of detail would be most helpful.
What are the adaptations and behaviors of animals in their habitats?
$500: Discussing how an author persuades through emotional appeals, logical arguments, and credibility is evaluating this aspect of the text.
What is rhetorical strategy?
$500: In a discussion about biographies and autobiographies, the shared focus on a person's life demonstrates this aspect.
What is a similarity or comparison?
$500: An explanation that leads to understanding a word within its specific context falls under this category of context clues.
What is an explanation clue?