Figurative Language
A Comparison of two unlike things using the words, "like", or "as".
What is a Simile?
My legs feel like jello after that hike.
What is a Simile?
When a character in the story realizes something important. *A lightbulb goes off
What is an AHA Moment?
A text structure where something happens directly related to something else happening.
What is Cause and Effect?
What is Mr. Kerr's favorite Taylor Swift song?
None of the above lol
Giving a non human thing some human characteristics / actions.
What is Personification?
I'm so tired that I'm going to sleep for 5 years.
What is a hyperbole?
When we are finding the differences between two things.
What is Contrast?
The author's purpose for writing nonfiction.
What is To Inform?
What is a Summary?
A comparison of two unlike things without using any specific words or phrases.
What is a metaphor?
I was running through the house blindfolded when CRACK!! I ran into the refrigerator.
What is an Onomatopoeia?
What the story / passage is mostly about.
What is Main Idea?
When events are written in a specific order for the reader to follow.
What is Sequence Text Structure?
Two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings.
What is a Homophone?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a Hyperbole?
Wow! Billy is on fire! He's made 10 basketball shots in a row!
What is an Idiom?
The life lesson that the author wants the reader to take away from the story. *The hidden message
What is Theme?
A book about a person's life written by someone else.
What is a Biography?
What is the difference between a Producer and a Consumer?
A Producer makes its own food using sunlight. *All plants are producers.
A Consumer eats producers or other Consumers. *Has to eat their food.
When all the beginning sounds of all the words in a sentence are the same.
What is Alliteration?
Sally said she sees Sam sitting suspiciously.
What is Alliteration?
When one particular phrase / image / or event is repeated in a story or passage. *Indicating that it is important to the plot
What is Again and Again?
A first hand account or record from an event; it is reliable.
What is a Primary Source?
*What is the Rhyming Pattern?
There once was an alien from space
Who knew he was going to race
The kids in the school
Whom he thought were cool.
He won, but left not a trace.
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