Figurative Language
This is an example of what type of figurative language:
I am as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
This is the title of the Edgar Allan Poe short story we read in class.
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
These are words that serve as the name for a specific place, person, or thing; they are always capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
These are a series of lines grouped together in order to divide a poem.
Hint: Not a paragraph
What is a stanza?
This is Ms. McAllen's favorite color.
This type of figurative language is an exaggeration or overstatement used to emphasize a point.
What is a hyperbole?
This NFL team has a name that is inspired by Edgar Allan Poe.
What is the Baltimore Ravens?
This type of word is used to describe an action.
What is a verb?
This is the title of a poem written by an NBA player to announce his retirement.
This is Ms. McAllen's favorite MLB team.
What is the LA Dodgers?
This form of figurative language is made up of sound words or words that imitate the sounds that they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is the description and information provided about the characters in a story. The way authors create characters and make them believable.
What is characterization?
This usually occurs at the beginning of the story. Characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting.
What is the exposition?
This is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the senses, helping readers visualize scenes, characters, and actions in their minds.
What is imagery?
This is where Ms. McAllen went to community college.
What is Phoenix College?
In this type of figurative language, the same sound repeats in a group of words.
Ex: Billy Bob brought back a brown bag full of brownies.
What is alliteration?
This is a real man who is considered to be a medical miracle after he suffered a traumatic brain injury while working on a railroad.
Who is Phineas Gage?
This is the process of using observation and background knowledge to reach a logical conclusion or judgment.
What is an inference?
This poet wrote a poem, which we read, with a theme of making hard decisions when you have more than one choice.
Who is Robert Frost?
This is Ms. McAllen's favorite school she has taught at.
What is Tonalea Middle School?
This type of figurative language through its general usage within society, has gained a meaning that is different from the literal meaning of the words.
Example: "It is raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
This was our unit one essential question for ELA.
What is, "What attracts us to the mysterious?"
This is a skill where we express the most important facts or ideas about something or someone in a short and clear form.
What is to summarize?
This is the definition of poetry.
What is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader’s imagination or emotions.
This is the name of Ms. McAllen's dog.
What is Milk?