Figurative Language
“She sings like an angel.” What figurative language is used here?
What is a simile?
Identify the verb: “The dog barked loudly at the mailman.”
What is barked?
What is the subject of the sentence: “The giant robot stomped through the city.”
What is robot?
Is “under the table” a prepositional phrase or a dependent clause?
What is dependent clause?
“She was elated when she saw her high test grade.” What does “elated” mean?
What is very happy or excited?
“Boom! The fireworks lit up the sky.” What type of figurative language is “Boom”?
What is onomatopoeia?
What part of speech is “they” in the sentence: “They are going to the store.”
What is a 3rd person pronoun?
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence: “The kids played soccer on the field.”
What is on the field?
Is this a dependent or an independent clause?
“Because I was tired…”
What is dependent clause?
“The teacher commended the class for their excellent behavior during the assembly.”
Question: What does commended most likely mean in this sentence?
What is praised or congratulated?
“The car coughed and sputtered before stopping.” What’s being used here?
What is personification?
Which part of speech is the word “quickly” in this sentence? “She ran quickly down the hall.”
What is an adverb?
What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: "I hid under the covers when it was thundering."
What is under the covers?
Is this sentence simple, compound, or complex?
“I wanted to go outside, but it started raining.”
What is compound?
“The quiet student muttered something inaudible.” What does “inaudible” mean?
What is unable to be heard?
“He was a volcano ready to erupt.” What type of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
What part of speech is sneaky in the following sentence: "Albert is a sneaky student in class."
What is an adjective?
Identify the direct object: “She baked a cake for her friend.”
What is cake?
True or False: Every clause has both a subject and a verb.
What is true?
“Despite the chaos around her, Maya remained composed.”
Question: What does composed most likely mean in this sentence?
What is calm and in control?
"You let the cat out of the bag!" What figurative language is used here?
What is an idiom?
What part of speech is "has" in the sentence: “He has eaten lunch already.”
What is helping verb?
What is the object of the preposition in the following sentence: “I jogged to the store and back today."
What is store?
Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence:
“The dog barked loudly when the mailman came to the house.”
What is complex?
“After the long, hot hike, he was parched.” What does “famished” most likely mean?
What is very thirsty?