Figurative Language
What figurative language is this an example of:
The sun marched across the sky.
Personification
Identify the cause & effect.
I went to bed so late that I overslept.
Cause: going to bed late
Effect: oversleeping
I came home from school and slept on the couch for two hours. I didn't eat any dinner. My mom kept me home the next day.
What can you infer about how I feel?
I'm sick.
The NEEBO broke during my test, so I sharpened it.
What is a neebo?
A pencil
What does it mean to SUMMARIZE a story?
To tell the important parts in order
What figurative language is this an example of:
The boy was as slender as a stick.
Simile
What might be the effect of eating too many sweets?
Tummy ache, throwing up, etc.
The players signed autographs before the game and I got to run the bases after the ninth inning.
Where can you infer I am?
A baseball game
My ZEBOT got off his leash and bit the mailman.
What is a zebot?
A dog
What two things does the SETTING of a story include?
Time and place
What figurative language is this an example of:
The beautiful blonde boy bounced by before I could blink.
Alliteration
What might be an effect of forgetting to close the freezer door?
Ice cream melts (or plausible) answer
The students boarded the buses with their bag lunches. The chaperones led them around for two hours looking at animals in their cages.
Where can you infer the students are?
A field trip to the zoo
I forgot to charge my ZIGGY, so I had to login to Seesaw on my teacher's ZIGGY.
What is a ziggy?
An iPad
Name three genres of books.
EX: mystery, science fiction, poetry, etc.
What figurative language is this an example of:
My milkshake went SPLAT on the floor because I didn't hold it carefully.
Onomatopoeia
What might cause a sunburn?
Forgetting to wear sunscreen.
Where can you infer that I am?
The movie theater
The GRUNCHIE broke when it fell on the kitchen floor. I worked hard to clean up the shell and yolk.
What is a grunchie?
An egg
How are CHARACTER TRAITS and PHYSICAL TRAITS different?
Character traits describe how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and cannot be seen from just looking at the outside of a person.
To paint a picture in the readers mind and/or to make their writing more interesting.
Which happens first, the cause or the effect?
What does it mean to infer?
To use the clues from the text and the information you already know to make a prediction/guess.
The train conductor asked to see my FILIPITZ and when I couldn't find it, he put me off the train at the next stop.
What is a filipitz?
A ticket
Name the five words that help you give a good summary.