Figurative Language
My cousin chatters like a monkey.
Simile
Time Travel
Sci- Fi
There was a long hiatus in the television broadcast. This pause was caused by technical problems?
a. noise
b. break
c. show
d. announcement
break
poems praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally
Ode
involves identifying similarities and/or differences
compare and contrast
Her eyes were diamonds.
Metaphor
take place in the past.
historical fiction
Francesca was not sentimental about the old maple tree in the front yard. Although it had been important to her family for many generations, she had no trouble deciding to cut it down.
a. happy
b. angry
c. emotional
d. tired
emotional
an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French vers libre form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern.
free verse
describing the problem, explaining the solution, and evaluating the outcome.
problem and solution
The sun smiled down on us
Personification
Plot, character, tension, language, and spectacle
Drama
Grandma Marie loved to indulge her grandchildren whenever she was watching them, giving them all the things they were never allowed to have, like soda or sweets.
a. spoil
b. ignore
c. starve
d. humor
Spoil
a 14-line poem, typically (but not exclusively) concerning the topic of love.
Sonnet
educates your reader on a topic
informative essay
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
writing that uses rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration to convey a message
poetry
Mya was nervous on the first day of school. She was an introvert, and her timidity made it hard for her to make new friends.
a. new student
b. a shy person
c. class clown
d. outsider
a shy person
consist of three phrases composed of 17 phonetic units in a 5, 7, 5 pattern;
Haiku
the plot, setting, characters, point of view, and conflict
narrative essay
He's a chip off the old block
Idiom
Teach morals to their audience
Myth
The science fair needed impartial judges; they had to have no biases toward any of the contestants so that it would be fair.
a. expert
b. wealthy
c. open-minded
d. negative
open-minded
humorous and frequently rude, in five-line, predominantly anapestic trimeter with a strict rhyme scheme of AABBA, in which the first, second and fifth line rhyme, while the third and fourth lines are shorter and share a different rhyme
Limerick
establish a position on the topic
argumentative essay