Figurative Language
"She blew up like a firework" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
A book titled "How the Moon Was Made" would most likely be trying to do this to the reader.
What is inform them?
Impatient contains this type of affix.
What is a prefix?
I wish recess was NONSTOP. Then we would never have to do work in class!
NONSTOP means this.
What is not stopping/never stopping?
I, me, and my are used in this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
"He waited a million years in the line" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
An article titled "Why School Lunches Need to Be Better" would most likely be trying to do this to the reader.
What is persuade them?
Warmish contains this type of affix.
What is a suffix?
She was so RAVENOUS after soccer practice that she ate two entire steaks!
RAVENOUS means this.
What is extremely hungry?
Sharp and pointy are examples of this type of word.
What are synonyms?
"The stars winked at me" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
A story with the title "Walt's Wonderful Wednesday on the Water" would most likely be trying to do this to the reader.
What is entertain them?
Reasonable contains this root word.
What is reason?
Because we didn't know the exact number of items in the jar, we had to ESTIMATE using our eyes.
ESTIMATE means this.
What is to make a good/educated guess?
These are used to describe pictures and graphics in stories.
What are captions?
"That's just the way the cookie crumbles" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
A paragraph with the heading "Why We Should Colonize Mars" would most likely be trying to do this to the reader.
What is persuade them?
Hairy contains this suffix.
What is -y?
We ENHANCED our car by adding new paint and wheels.
ENHANCED means this.
What is to make better or to improve?
This type of text structure uses a Venn diagram to describe the relationship between two things.
What is compare and contrast?
"Beatlemania was a rollercoaster that reached dizzying heights" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
A letter titled "Why I'm Breaking Up With You" is most likely trying to do this to the reader.
What is inform them?
Irresponsible contains this prefix.
What is ir?
The mother became FRANTIC when she realized she lost her child in the crowd. She began running around trying to find him.
FRANTIC means this.
What is worried/panicked?
This type of text structure uses a timeline to describe when certain events have taken place.
What is chronological order?