Reading 9th Grade
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in first, second, or third person
What is First Person
The paragraphs of a poem are called_______?
What is a stanza?
The person who writes a poem
What is a poet?
When the narrator describes what a character is like. (hint the word character is in the word)
What is "Characterization"
What's this classroom number?
2207
"I'm as tough as the crust of the Earth is." This is an example of
metaphor or simile
What is a simile?
This is the first paragraph in an essay.
What is the Introduction
A comparison between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
What is a conclusion reached by using an educated guess
What is an inference?
What is the principal's name?
Dr. Moore
"I'd catch a grenade for you." This is an example of
hyperbole or onomatopoeia
What is hyperbole?
Giving non-living objects human qualities.
What is Personification
What is an Antagonist?
What is a 'bad guy' or a 'villain'
A word which sounds like what it mean.
is it Personification or Onomatopoeia ?
What is onomatopoeia
What gets you an A on your Final Exam taking the LEAP?
Advanced
The lesson or the moral of the story in a text
What is theme?
What are the 3 (main) author's purposes?
To inform, to entertain, or persuade?
It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor or idiom ?
What is an Idiom
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
What is hyperbole?
Who is the football coach's name?
Coach Nick Foster
Which is correct?
a. The teacher, Mr. Smith teaches 9th, 10th, and 11th grade ELA.
b. The teacher, Mr. Smith, teaches 9th, 10th, and 11th grade ELA.
c. The teacher "Mr. Smith" teaches 9th, 10th, and 11th grade ELA.
What is B?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
What is Adjective?
"Weathering willow whispers wild."
What literary device is this?
What is alliteration?
Words that have the same ending sound_______?
What is rhyme?
What year was McDonogh 35 founded as a school?
1917