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Smiley Tricks
Figurative Language
Main Idea
Grammar
Potpourri
100
Identify the trick used: "In those woods, I would spend hours listening to the wind rustle the leaves, climbing trees and spying on nesting birds, and giving the occasional wild growl to scare away any pink-flowered girls."
What is Magic 3
100
Identify the type of figurative language: "Listen boys, behave over there on the bench."
What is alliteration
100
Identify the main idea: "The constitution of the U.S. has been ratified several times to allow more citizens the right to vote. The 15th Amendment, ratified in 1870, extended voting rights to former slaves. The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote. In 1971, the 26th Amendment granted voting rights to those 18 years and older, changing the requirement that voters must be 21 years old"
What is "The Constitution has been amended several times to grant more citizens the right to vote."
100
What is a direct address?
What is when you address someone.
100
Write a hyphenated modifier on the board.
What is (answers will vary - up to Ms. Hartmann)
200
Identify the trick used: "The veranda is your only shelter away from the sister in bed asleep, away from the brother that plays in the treehouse in the field, away from your chores that await you." (not magic 3)
What is Repetition for Effect
200
Identify the type of figurative language: "He hit the rug so hard all the dust of five thousand centuries flew from it."
What is hyperbole
200
Identify the main idea: "Soccer is known in some countries as football. It is a popular sport across the world, with over 200 countries playing the sport. It is estimated that over 250 million people, both men and women, play soccer. The sport has been part of the Olympic games from 1900 to 1928, and from 1936 to today."
What is "Soccer is a worldwide sport"
200
What is an independent clause?
What is a sentence that can function on it's own (has a subject and verb)
200
What is a vignette?
What is a mini story
300
Identify the trick used: "She's got this blonde hair, with dark highlights, down past her shoulders. She's got big green eyes that all the guys admire, and this I'm-so-beautiful-and-I-know-it body."
What is Hyphenated Modifier
300
Identify the type of figurative language: "The trash man, after a long days work, walked to his car - a red Ferrari."
What is irony
300
Identify the main idea: "Despite the hatred that most people feel toward cockroaches, they do help humans in several ways. For example, they are perfect experimental animals and are used for scientific research in the laboratory. Breeding them is easy, for they thrive under almost any conditions. In studies on nutrition and food, cockroaches are good subjects because they will eat any kind of food. They can be used to study heart disease, and cancer researchers work with roaches because they grow cancerous tumors like those that are found in humans."
What is "Cockroaches are helpful to humans in many ways"
300
What is a compound sentence?
What is two independent clauses that are joined together with a conjunction, and a comma
300
Identify 4 of the 6 ways an author can develop character.
What is through (1) characters thoughts, (2) characters actions, (3) characters appearance, (4) what others say about character, (5) environment, (6) character's speech
400
Identify the trick used: "When we first moved into the house on Orchid Street, I didn't like it. My room was hot, and stuffy as a train in the middle of the Sahara."
What is Figurative Language
400
Identify the type of conflict: "And then there's me, my legs twisted around each other, my nails gnawed to a nub, my hands clammy - with forehead and underarms to match - trying unsuccessfully to figure out where I was."
What is internal conflict, or man vs. self.
400
Identify the main idea: "Making a study schedule is one important step in becoming a successful student in college. Students should schedule one hour of study time for every one hour of class time. At exam time, more study time may be necessary. Also, students must study in an appropriate place. It is important to study in a quiet place away from the distraction of other people and such things as the television and the radio. Students should find a comfortable place with plenty of space for all the necessary study supplies. Then, students need to study the information in small amounts. It is a good idea to learn the required concepts slowly and thoroughly instead of trying to learn everything on the evening before the exam. Students who want to be successful in college should remember these three helpful study strategies."
What is "Students in college should make a study schedule to be successful in college."
400
Give an example of a conjunction
What is and, then, but, for, nor, yet, so
400
What is the difference between mood and tone?
What is tone is how the author feels about their story, mood is how the reader feels about the story or during the story
500
Identify the trick used: "I glared at the small black hands on the clock, silently threatening them to go faster. But they didn't listen, and I caught myself wishing I were on white sand and looking down at almost transparent blue water....I don't belong in some dumb math class."
What is Expanded Moment
500
Identify whether the following metaphor is explicit or implicit: "The words were summer on the tongue."
What is Explicit (it uses a "be" verb)
500
Identify the main idea: "Every game from the latest multimedia games to old favorites like cards and chess can be played on home computers. Home computers are used to balance family finances, to complete banking transactions, and even to do the grocery shopping. Those computers which are equipped with a modem allow users to go "online" to "chat" with others -- that is, people can have a conversation on the computer about anything from being in love to getting medical advice. And of course students use home computers to type up school reports, to research their papers for classes and even to do the calculations for math homework."
What is "Home computers are very versatile, or useful."
500
Identify the error: “What are some of the things,” Ms. Hartmann inquired, “That make school so much fun?”
What is the "t" in that should not be capitalized.
500
Identify the error: “Does anyone know where my pencil went?” She asked the room of scribbling students.
What is the "s" in she should not be capitalized.