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Figurative Language
Fig. Lang/Types of Texts
Vocabulary Words
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech II
100
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between too unlike things by using like or as.
What is Simile?
100
Fictional prose narrative usually consisting of more than fifty thousand words.
What is Novel?
100
An affix placed before a word, base, to modify a term's meaning.
What is Prefix?
100
A word that shows action or state of being.
What is Verb?
100
This shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
200
Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of each words.
What is Idiom?
200
Traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, usually religious, and serves to explain a belief, ritual or natural phenomenon.
What is Myth?
200
An affix that follows the element to which it is added.
What is Suffix?
200
We went there some time ago. What part of speech is the word "ago"?
What is an adverb?
200
We went to the concert last weekend. What part of speech is "we"?
What is a pronoun?
300
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
Comparison of two unlike things, not using like or as.
What is Metaphor?
300
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language.
What is Synonym?
300
Nathan and his brother drove four hundred miles. What part of speech is "four hundred"?
What is an adjective?
300
These are connecting words.
What is a conjuction?
400
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect.
What is Hyperbole?
400
A dramatic performance, as on a stage.
What is Play?
400
Method by which the meanings of unknown words may be obtained by examining the parts of a sentence surrounding the word for definition/explanation.
What is Context Clue?
400
Names a person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
400
Mrs. Fields is ready for winter break? What part of speech is "Mrs. Fields"? Be specific!
What is a proper noun?
500
Kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human.
What is Personification?
500
Long story told in elevated language which relates to great deeds of a larger than life hero.
What is Epic?
500
A word opposite in meaning to another.
What is Antonym?
500
Shows excitement and emotion in a sentence.
What is an interjection?
500
A, an, are types of......
What is an article?