Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like," "as" or "than."
What is a simile?
DAILY DOUBLE
Epidemiology is...
The branch of science that deals with the spread and control of diseases throughout populations or systems.
A person, place, thing, idea, or quality
What is a noun?
Writing or saying things over and over.
What is repetition?
This woman was a cook responsible for the spread of a disease throughout New York in the early 1900s.
Who is Mary Mallon / Typhoid Mary
Comparisons between two different things that explain something in a new or interesting way.
What is a metaphor?
This sculpture depicted a group of twelve stylized black singers in graduated heights that symbolized strings. The sounding board was formed by the hand and arm of God, and a kneeling man holding music represented the foot pedal. This piece was created to celebrate African American contributions to music.
What is The Harp / Life Every Voice and Sing
This is when 2 words mean the same thing
What is a synonym?
Musical Technique: The sound of words as they show a feeling
What is tone?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
Giving non-living objects human qualities.
What is a Personification?
The water in "A Long Walk to Water" symbolizes...
What is life, survival, or sacrifice?
When you do not know the meaning of a word, and you have to look around the text for hints.
What is context clues
Lines of poetry grouped together and usually separated by a space; often develop ideas, as paragraphs do in stories
What is a stanza?
What kind of writing/genre is the book A Long Walk To Water?
A - Fiction
B - Nonfiction
C- Historical Fiction
D- Historical Narrative
What is C - Historical Fiction?
DAILY DOUBLE
Repetition of the same initial consonant sound
What is alliteration?
"Alex was always jealous of his older brother's natural talent for music. This caused him to spend every hour of every day and night practicing until his fingers went numb." The major theme of this passage is... (Multiple possible answers)
What is determination, motivation, and sibling rivalry?
what is the term for the beginning part of the word bio in biology
What is a prefix
DAILY DOUBLE
What were the techniques/methods used by epidemiologists in solving epidemics/pandemics from Patient Zero?
What is the shoe leather method, mapping, and isolation/quarantine
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship
What is the Harlem Renaissance
An indirect reference/s to another work such as the Bible or Mythical texts.
What is an Allusion?
"MUCH is sprawled in armchair eating a huge piece of pie and playing with jewels in small chest on his lap. LITTLE is seated cross-legged on table counting gold pieces into a bag." Based on the stage directions in lines 6–9, which of the following words best describe Much and Little?
A - lazy and greedy
B- arrogant and critical
C- wasteful and disorganized
D- inconsiderate and untrustworthy
What is A - lazy and greedy
The order in which things begin and end using words like First, next, then, finally.
What is the sequence of events?
"So when her school board proposed switching her Columbia, Missouri, high school’s start time from 7:50 a.m. to 7:20 a.m.—a full half hour earlier—she was outraged" What is the main purpose of the dashes in the sentence?
A to emphasize that the words inside the dashes are important to the author’s point
B to signal that the words inside the dashes represent the author’s opinion
C to indicate the interruption of a process
D to introduce a contrary point of view
A - to emphasize that the words inside the dashes are important to the author's point
Autobiography - what you call a story you write about your own life
Biography - What you call a book that talks about a person’s life from beginning to end
"I'm so hungry I can eat a family of Capybaras" is an example of this figurative language
What is a hyperbole?
This is the main lesson or central idea an author wants us to learn in a story or piece of writing
What is theme?
The author uses descriptive words to show the attitude that a character, narrator, or author has towards a given subject.
What is tone?
The effects of using literary & musical techniques - 3 Part Answer!!!
What is adds emphasis, creates mood or emotion, and develops a theme?
Give an example of an idiom
An idiom is a common phrase which means something different from its literal meaning
Ex: It was raining cats and dogs outside