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Workshop 7 Vocab
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Figurative Language
More Figurative Language
Mix-it-up
100
Keep this clean by reducing, reusing, and recycling!
What is environment?
100
The opening information in a story (characters, setting, etc.)
What is exposition?
100
On graduation day, the girl was as happy as a dog with two tails. This is an example of [ ].
What is simile?
100
Her long hair was a flowing golden river. This is an example of a [ ].
What is metaphor?
100
A funny or interesting short story about a real incident or person.
What is anecdote?
200
If killer bees came to [ ] my yard, I would stay inside and lock all the doors and windows.
What is invade?
200
The part of a story that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
What is falling action?
200
How will Wally wash windows without water? This is an example of [ ].
What is alliteration?
200
A word that is also a sound. Give an example.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
I never brush my teeth. - I have 5 cavities. I never brush my teeth is the [ ].
What is cause?
300
to be likely to harm or destroy something
What is threaten?
300
The Prince shows up at Cinderella's house and puts the glass slipper on her foot. This part of the story would be the [ ].
What is climax?
300
An abbreviation made from the beginning letters of other words and pronounced as a word. Give an example.
What is acronym?
300
Cross your fingers. This is an [ ].
What is an idiom?
300
surrounding sentences or words that add to the meaning of the text
What is context?
400
Dying my hair red would [ ] the way I look.
What is alter?
400
“Peeta, how come I never know when you're having a nightmare?” I say. “I don't know. I don't think I cry out or thrash around or anything. I just come to, paralyzed with terror,” he says. “You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. About how long it can take to calm me down. “It's not necessary. My nightmares are usually about losing you,” he says. “I'm okay once I realize you're here.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
What is dialogue?
400
On a starry winter night in Portugal Where the ocean kissed the southern shore There a dream I never thought would come to pass Came and went like time spent through an hourglass -Teena Marie, “Portuguese Love” This is an example of [ ].
What is imagery?
400
The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. - “The Fog” by Carl Sandburg In this poem, the author uses [ ].
What is personification?
400
Words that share the same spelling and the same pronunciation, but have different meanings. Give the word and an example.
What is homonym?
500
I you want to relax, listening to music is one [ ].
What is method?
500
the process by which the author reveals the personality of a character
What is characterization?
500
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. This is an example of a [ ]. For all 500 points you must explain the meaning of this sentence.
What is a pun?
500
"As I Walked Out One Evening," "I'll love you, dear, I'll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street." The author uses [ ] in these sentences of the poem.
What is hyperbole?
500
At the beginning of The Wizard of Oz, Miss Gulch is shown changing into a witch. This is an example of [ ].
What is foreshadowing?