Compare
Mario and Luigi are alike because they are both video game characters.
Is this comparing or contrasting?
comparing
The colors danced in the sky.
personification
When words, phrases, lines repeat
repetition
She's very talented, yet she rarely performs.
Which (subordinating conjunction) shows contrast?
yet
A book about a free-spirited, quirky new student who plays her ukulele and has a pet rat.
Stargirl
How are apples and oranges different?
Give at least two reasons.
Apples have thin, edible skin; oranges have thick, inedible peel; apples are often red/green, oranges are orange.
His face was stone.
metaphor
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
What is the metaphor in this stanza?
"Life is a broken-winged bird."
How are flowers and trees different?
Big and small, flowers usually have more color, trees can be used for wood
To break something down into its component parts to understand how they relate to one another
analyze
A similarity between books and movies is that they both tell stories.
Is this comparing or contrasting?
comparing
Her hair is like the golden sun?
What type of figurative language is this?
simile
Poetry without a specific meter
free verse
How is personification and onomatopoeia different?
Personification gives humanlike characteristics to something nonhuman. Onomatopoeia uses words as sounds.
To make judgments based on evidence.
Evaluate
Her pretty face is like the sunshine.
What is being compared in this example?
Her pretty face is being compared to sunshine.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Which line shows a shift in the poem's imagery?
“For when dreams go”
Repetition of beginning sounds, whether consonants or vowels.
alliteration
How are similes and metaphors different?
Similes compare two things using "like" or "as".
Metaphors compare two things without using "like" or "as".
To explain the meaning of information, words, or actions.
interpret
How are planes and boats similar? List two ways.
They are both forms of transportation. They can carry many passengers, and they can both travel long distances.
I am so hungry I could eat an elephant.
hyperbole
A poem by Langston Hughes in which the speaker encourages her son to keep pushing forward.
"Mother to Son"
I wanted to go the party, but I had too much work to do.
Which word (coordinating conjunction) shows contrast?
but
We summarize using the _____________ Method.
GIST