Text Organization
Poetry
Synonyms & Antonyms
Who's that punctuation mark?
Complete that thought!
100
This is the text structure that shows how two things are alike.
What is compare?
100
"Chimneys are bent legs bouncing on clouds below." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
100
Synonyms for this word: look, glance.
What is see?
100
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What is a period?
100
This is conjunction that would best complete this thought: "___________I was late to school, I got my third tardy and can't go to Jaguar's Pride this Friday!"
What is BECAUSE?
200
This is the text structure that shows how two things are different.
What is contrast?
200
"A flag wags like a fishhook down there in the sky." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
200
This word is an antonym of "lose".
What is keep?
200
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What is a colon?
200
"________________I still had some money left, I decided to not spend it on Dragonball-Z books and save it instead." (DESPITE * EVEN THOUGH * UNLESS)
What is EVEN THOUGH?
300
This is the text structure that tells why something happened and what happened.
What is cause & effect?
300
This passage, "The arch stone bridge is an eye, with an underlid in the water. In its lens dip crinkled heads with hats that don't fall off...", contains two examples of this type of figurative language.
What are metaphors?
300
This is a synonym for "ornament".
What is decoration?
300
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What is a comma?
300
This is subordinating conjunction that would best complete this thought: "_________________you get a chance, can you come by my office to see me?" (AFTER * WHENEVER * BEFORE)
What is WHENEVER?
400
The following is an example of this text structure: "While 'Wonderstruck' and 'Hugo' are well written, 'Hugo' was the only book to be made into a film."
What is compare & contrast?
400
It's the type of figurative language used in this line, "The flowers danced in the spring breeze..."
What is personification?
400
These are its synonyms: error, incorrect...
What is wrong?
400
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What is a semicolon?
400
This is conjunction that would best complete this thought: The party was starting to get boring, ________________ everyone was beginning to get tired and wanted to go home. (SINCE * BUT * AND)
What is AND?
500
The following is an example of this text structure: "Their new winter game was dangerous and dumb. The game resulted in Rowley's broken nose."
What is cause & effect?
500
The following poem excerpt uses this type of figurative language, which refers to the REPEATED USE OF A LINE OR EVEN A FEW WORDS in a poem: I looked upon the rotting sea, And drew my eyes away; I looked upon the rotting deck, And there the dead men lay.
What is repetition?
500
These are its synonyms: slaughter, murder.
What is kill?
500
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What is an apostrophe?
500
This is the punctuation and conjunction combination that would best complete this thought: "I may have spent an hour in line for tickets to "Monsters Vs. Aliens" ______________it was worth it!" (,BUT * ,AND * ,YET)
What is ,BUT?