Poetry & Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is this? "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow."
What is a HYPERBOLE?
Words that mean the same as another are called _____.
Use the correct there, their, or they’re to properly complete the sentence:
Where did _________ dog go when it ran away?
What is THEIR?
Name at least 3 transition words.
ANSWERS VARY.
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence: "Once in a blue moon, Ruben takes a long trip on his unicycle."
What is an IDIOM?
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text is to _____.
What is ANNOTATE?
Correct the mistake in this sentence:
Please put your name were the teacher can see it easily.
What is PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME WHERE THE TEACHER CAN SEE IT EASILY?
Fact or opinion? Roller coasters are the most thrilling rides at any amusement park.
What is OPINION?
What is an oxymoron?
What is A FIGURE OF SPEECH IN WHICH APPARENTLY CONTRADICTORY TERMS APPEAR NEXT TO EACH OTHER?
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning.
What are CONTEXT CLUES?
Add comma(s) where needed in the following sentence:
While at the game, John is going to buy a hotdog sit in his seat and try to catch a foul ball.
What is WHILE AT THE GAME, JOHN IS GOING TO BUY A HOTDOG, SIT IN HIS SEAT, AND TRY TO CATCH A FOUL BALL?
List two conjunctions.
ANSWERS VARY.
List four types of figurative language.
IDIOM, SIMILE, HYPERBOLE, ALLITERATION, METAPHOR, PERSONIFICATION, OXYMORON, ONOMATOPOEIA
What is foreshadowing?
What is A NARRATIVE DEVICE IN WHICH SUGGESTIONS OR WARNINGS ABOUT EVENTS TO COME ARE DROPPED OR PLANTED?
Correct the misspelled words in the following sentence:
A wistling wich took an ocean voyage with a corus of clever kemists.
What is A WHISTLING WITCH TOOK AN OCEAN VOYAGE WITH A CHORUS OF CLEVER CHEMISTS.
Give an example of slang.
ANSWERS VARY, BUT CAN INCLUDE: WICKED, Y'ALL, GROOVY, ETC.
What is the difference between theme and topic?
A topic is what the poem is about/the subject, while a theme is the underlying message or central idea about life and human nature conveyed about that topic
What does it mean to infer or make an inference?
What is TO MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS BASED ON TEXT EVIDENCE?
Add correct capitalization and punctuation to the following sentence:
why are you digging holes in your backyard george asked his neighbor
“Why are you digging holes in your backyard, George?” asked his neighbor.
What are the two types of characterization?
What are DIRECT and INDIRECT?