Figurative Language
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
A metaphor does not use like or as or a simile uses like or as.
What is the main idea?
The overall idea of the story.
What is the difference between prose and poetry.
Poetry is figurative and prose is litteral
What is Plot?
The plot is what happens in the story.
What is this type of text structure; This text explains events and the results of these events.
Cause and effect
Is an idiom literal?
No.
What is theme?
The theme is the moral of the story/poem.
What is a stanza?
A poetical paragraph.
What is the the usual Climax?
The most intense part of the story.
Mr. Farmer didnt have enough money to buy a car but then he worked extra hours and had enough money." What text structure is this?
Problem and solution
What is personification?
Personification is giving human qualities to an inanimate object.
What is the main idea of this text:
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period.
The Olympics are a series of sports games.
What form of writing is a play written in?
Dialouge.
What does the Plot Mountain graph?
The order and main parts of the story graphed.
The venn diagram is used for what text structure?
Compare and contrast
The explosion sounded like bam boom boom!!!
What is this figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
Find the Theme of this sentence; The Ant asked,"Grasshopper, why didnt you prepare for the winter to survive?"
Be prepared
What is a rhyme scheme?
The Rhyme in a poems order.
Why is a Plot Mountain useful?
To find the main parts and put them in order in the story.
What clue words match with the text structure; For example, such as and adjectives.
Descriptive
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Allusion?
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it.
What is the difference between the theme and the main idea?
The main idea is what the story is generally about and the theme is the message of the story.
What is the format of poetry?
There is no format.
List the Plot Mountain order.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling action, Resolution.
1------2-----3 What text structure would this show?
Chronological order.