Figurative Language
Inferencing and Citing
Reference Materials
Unknown Words
Similes and Metaphors
100
I was so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
100
A: The inference drawn from this picture.
Q: What is training a dog?
100
This is the order of all words in glossaries, dictionaries, and thesauruses.
What is alphabetical order?
100
The correct spelling of the word choice in this sentence:
I can __________ the birds outside my window.
here hear
What is H-E-A-R?
100
These words are used in similes.
What is like or as?
200
She grew and matured into a beautiful butterfly.
What is a metaphor?
200
What you know combined with the text.
What is inference?
200
The book you use to find definitions, word origins, parts of speech, pronunciations, and definitions.
What is a dictionary?
200
How we determine the meaning of the italicized word in this sentence:
The car needed extra plagerful before we could drive all the way to the next city.
I think that "plagerful" means gas.
What are context clues?
200
These words are not used in metaphors.
What is like or as?
300
Someone is actually turning into a banana.
What is the literal meaning of the idiom “going bananas?”
300
Phrases such as “According to the text,” “In the book the author states,” or “On page six of the text the author writes.”
How do we cite evidence in text?
300
The book you use to find synonyms and antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
300
The correct definition of the italicized word:
Did you see the engraving on that bat he used in last night’s game?
Bat – a winged mammal that flies
Bat – a piece of sporting equipment used to hit a ball
What is a piece of sporting equipment used to hit a ball?
300
The type of figurative language shown:
I am as happy as a clam!
What is a simile?
400
This figurative language tells a truth. One example is, "A penny saved is a penny earned."
What is an adage?
400
The person who makes all of the decisions about the outcome of the story.
Who is the author?
400
The place in a textbook that has definitions of content-specific words.
What is a glossary?
400
The text that would include domain-specific vocabulary.
What is the textbook?
400
The type of figurative language shown:
A penny saved is a penny earned.
What is a proverbs?
500
The type of figurative language seen here:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
500
Two trapeze artists performing a dangerous circus act on the tightrope.
What is happening in the picture?
500
The words at the top of a dictionary or thesaurus page that tell you the first and last words on that page.
What are guide words?
500
The word that has a negative connotation in this sentence:
The dingy house needed to be repainted.
What is dingy?
500
The type of figurative language shown:
What is onomatopoeia?