Figurative Language
True or False: All poems need to rhyme.
False
What is the purpose and point of the paragraph?
Main Idea
the boy ran away.
What is wrong with this sentence?
It needs a capital letter at the start.
What figurative language is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What does abhorrent mean?
Horrible or nasty
What is a hyperbole?
an exaggeration
What the moral/lesson learned in a text called?
Theme
Did you see the boy run He is going to the store.
What is missing in the sentence?
A question mark after boy.
What figurative language describes non-human things with human qualities?
Personification
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
What does generosity mean?
Willingness to give
What type of figurative language is this? Talya talked about tennis until Travis told her to take a breath.
Alliteration
What is a conclusion reached by using an educated guess?
Inference
Which is the correct spelling?
A. acomplish
B. accomplish
C. accomplissh
D. acomplich
B. accomplish?
What is figurative language is this an example of:
Busy bees buzz through the bluebird breeze.
Alliteration
When you read you often come to words that you don't know. One way to find out a words meanings is to look for_________________________________
Context Clues
What type of figurative language is this: Your smile is the sun on a cloudy day
Metaphor
In a text, what is anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true?
Evidence
The boy said, I am going to the store.
What is missing?
Quotation marks around what the boy is saying.
What are these examples of?
BOOM! BAM! Bzzzzzzz! Ringgggg!
Onomatopoeia
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
talkative
The wind whispered her name.
Personification
What are these items called: diagrams, timelines, captions, photographs, graphs, subtitles, headings?
Text Features
Which is correct?
A. The teacher Mrs. Huxley teaches 7th grade ELA.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Huxley, teaches 7th grade ELA.
C. The teacher "Mrs. Huxley" teaches 7th grade ELA.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Huxley, teaches 7th grade ELA.
What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?
A smilie uses "like" or "as" while a metaphor uses "is" or "was" to compare two things.
The teacher summarized the previous chapter of the book before we read the next one.
What does summarized mean?
To give a brief statement of the main points