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Which definition is it?
Figuring out Figurative Language
Words in a sentence
Morphology
Life is like a box of chocolates....
100
Mandy watched the baby birds without distubing the nest Choose the best definition of "disturbing" based on the context of the sentence: 1. seeing 2. building 3. rejecting 4. bothering
What is bothering?
100
Jordyn and I were like two peas in a pod when we were younger. You never saw one of us without the other. What does "two peas in a pod" mean?
What is inseparable, best friends, or never apart? at 25 points if they identify this as a simile!
100
The fifth graders will organize a clean-up day for the school? What the word "organize" means in this sentence.
What is to plan?
100

Julianne read a biography about Abraham Lincoln. This tels how the word root "bio" helps the reader understand what "biography" means.

What is "bio" means life?

100
The base word of the word "dishonest".
What is honest?
200
The coach had a blank look on his face. Choose the best definition of blank based on the context of the sentence: 1. not written on 2. without expression 3. center spot of a target 4. mark where a word was left out
What is without expression?
200
The mold crawled across the food that Mark kept in his refridgerator too long. Explain what "mold crawled across the food means."
What is the mold spread over the food because it was old. Add 50 points if they identify this as personification.
200
In the story, the turtle tried to persuade the rabbit to have a race. The word "persuade" means this.
What is to convince?
200

The scientist used a telescope to see the stars and planets. This shows how the word root "scop" helps the reader understand what "telescope" means.

What is "scop" means see?

200
The horse had to pick up his pace to jump over the fence. The word "pace" means this in the sentence.
What is speed?
300
The price of a train ticket will double next month. Choose the best definition of "double" based on the context of the sentence: 1. a fold 2. a twin 3. having two layers 4. be twice as much
What is twice as much?
300
For Joel, the test was a piece of cake. Tell what the idiom "piece of cake" means.
What is "Joel thought the test was easy."
300
King Arthur was a legendary leader. The word "legendary" means this.
What is famous?
300

When the bell rings at the end of the day Mr. Carson will dismiss the class. How does the root word "miss" help the reader understand what dismiss means?

What is "miss" means send.

300
Ear is to hear as mouth is to...
What is taste?
400
The woman wrote a check to pay for her groceries. Choose the best definition for "check" based on the context of the sentence: 1. an inspection 2. a positive mark 3. a written order given to a bank 4. a ticket showing ownership
What is a written order given to a bank?
400
The vase fell and shattered into a million pieces. Idenify the type of figurative language, what it means and why this type of figurative language is used.
What is hyperbole? What is extreme exaggeration? What is it is used in order to make a point about what is going on and to create interest in a story? If they get 1-2 parts right, 250 points. Full points if all 3 parts are correct.
400
Allison felt jubilant when she heard the wonderful news. "Jubliant" means this.
What is joyful?
400

The farmer used his new tractor to plow his fields. This shows how the word root "tract" helps the reader understand what "tractor" means. 

A. tract means step 

B. tract means take 

C. tract means pull 

D. tract means break

What is tract means break?

400

The antonym of excited.

What is sad, upset, angry 

500
The road up the mountain was rough. Choose the best definition for "rough" using the context of the sentence: 1. a person that is rude 2. a job that is done quickly 3. a coat of hair that is shaggy 4. a place that is hard to travel on
What is a place that is hard to travel on?
500
I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step ... And neigh like Boanerges Ten, punctual as a star, Stop---docile and omnipotent--- At its own stable door. Identify what this train is being compared to.
What is a horse?
500
The teacher lectured about safety rules. This is the meaning of lectured.
What is gave a serious speech (half credit if they just said gave a speech)
500

The captain of the ship gave the sailors their orders. This shows how the word root "cap" helps the reader understand what "captain" means. 

A. cap means head

B. cap means field 

C. cap means skill 

D.cap means place

What is cap means head?

500
The boy undoubtedly could run very fast. This is a synonym of "undoubtedly."
What is certainly?