Figurative Language
Saying one thing is another thing to make a comparison without using "like" or "as" is called this.
What is a metaphor?
This word describes someone or something that is very thin or weak-looking.
What is scrawny?
To make small movements, especially because of nervousness, boredom, or impatience.
What is fidget?
A specific name for a person, place, or thing that is capitalized.
What is proper noun?
What is Mr. Rojas's favorite superhero?
What is Spiderman?
This compares two things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
To notice, understand, or become aware of something using your senses is to do this.
What is to perceive?
Giving a feeling that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen.
Answer: What is ominous?
The main idea, lesson, or message of a story.
What is theme?
What year and month was Mr. Rojas born in?
What is June 2000?
Repeating the same beginning sound in several words close together, like Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, is called this.
This means to hold back, stop, or control feelings, actions, or thoughts.
What is to suppress?
A ruler who uses power in a cruel or unfair way.
What is tyrant?
To restate something in your own words without changing the meaning.
What is paraphrase?
True or False? Mr. Rojas once worked as a dishwasher.
What is true?
This is when a word sounds like the noise it represents, like buzz or clang.
What is onomatopoeia?
A fancy word for an impressive or eye-catching event or display is this.
What is a spectacle?
A person who says one thing but does the opposite; someone who pretends to have beliefs they don’t really follow.
Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, like pair and pear.
What is homophone?
True or False? Mr. Rojas has 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
What is false?
Giving human qualities to animals, objects, or ideas is called this.
What is personification?
This word means a safe place where someone or something can be protected.
What is a sanctuary?
Being satisfied with the way things are and not wanting to change or improve.
What is complacent?
The situation, background, or circumstances that help a reader understand a character’s thoughts, feelings, or actions.
What is context?
Who is Mr. Rojas's favorite student?
What is everyone? :-)