Grammar
An array of light, shades and texture spread / spreads across a painting to form a beautiful art piece.
Is it spread or spreads?
ANSWER:
Spreads!
My phone dances whenever someone sends a text message.
Identify the figurative language.
PERSONIFICATION
The boy ran very fast in the rain.
Use adjectives and simile to SHOW us how the boy ran.
Sample Sentence:
The tall boy ran as fast as a cheetah in the heavy pouring rain.
The bright blue waters of the lake extend /extends over the horizon's pit that swallows all the light coming from within.
extend/ extends?
Answer:
extend!
1. He is as light as a feather.
2. There is a garden in her face.
Identify the figurative language.
SIMILE
METAPHOR
The night was very dark.
Use adjectives, specific verbs and metaphor
Sample Sentence
The pitch blackness of the night plastered the land as the beaming light of the moon slowly melted away.
The young child in the prime of his youth soars / soar sky-high while springing on the contraption.
Soars / soars?
Answer:
Soars!
Boom! Bang! The pots cried as they jumped from the cupboard.
What two figurative language is in the sentence?
ONOMATOPOEIA and PERSONIFICATION
The children danced along the shore.
Use adjectives, simile and personification.
Sample Sentence
Small precious figures pranced across the sand like eager little ants as the deafening waves of the crashing shore tugged at their small ankles.
The milk curdle / curdles to the point of looking very clumpy and white.
The rushing and roaring water floods / flood the kitchen floor like a dam breaking free.
curdles or curdle? flood or floods?
Answers:
Curdles!
Floods!
Petite Priscilla picked pretty pickles.
The baby roared at his mom!
The trees danced in the wind
Identify the figurative language.
ALLITERATION
METAPHOR
PERSONIFICATION
The dirty red rug is in my room.
Use adjectives, specific verbs and metaphor. Use more than one sentence.
Sample Sentences:
At the very entrance of my bedroom sat an unsightly ruby-coloured rug. The fabric, the shade of blood, clung to the tiled floor as if stuck on by an adhesive. It was filthy with mud tracks and traces of cat litter sprawled out onto it. The rug that my cat sleeps on was due for a wash.