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More Figurative Language
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The number of the different kinds of sentences.
What is four
100
A figure of speech that compares two things using the word like or as.
What is simile
100
This is used in place of a noun in a sentence.
What is pronoun
100
As you read, you are looking for ideas and details that remind you of things you already know.
What is making connections
100
A figure of speech that compares two things with out using the word like or as.
What is metaphor
200
A sentence that makes a statement usually abour a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is declarative
200
An extreme exaggeration or overstatement that a writer uses for emphasis.
What is hyperbole
200
Describes a verb, an adjective, or an adverb.
What is aadverb.
200
You do this before, during, and after reading for meaning and thinking clearer.
What is asking questions
200
Words used in a special way that may be different from their literal meaning.
What is irony
300
A sentence that communicates a strong emotion or surprise.
What is exclamatory
300
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing (an idea, an object, or an animal) is given human characteristics.
What is personification
300
Joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence.
What is conjunction
300
This can make you feel as though you see, hear, feel, taste, or smell something. This helps you visualize to understand what you are reading.
What is sensory images
300
A technique in which two words with opposite meanings are put together for a special effect. (Jumbo shrimp, old news, small fortune, bittersweet.)
What is oxymoron
400
A sentence that asks a question.
What is interrogative
400
The repeating of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration
400
The words a, and, and the belong to this special group of adjectives.
What is article
400
The author's clues combined with your own thoughts to create new information.
What is making an inference
400
The use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning as in buzz, gunk, gushy, swish, zigzag, zip.
What is onomatopoeia
500
A sentence that gives a command.
What is imperative
500
Hints or clues that a writer uses to suggest what will happen next in a story.
What is foreshadowing
500
Combines with a noun or pronoun to form a phrase that tells something about another word in a sentence.
What is preposition
500
Create new understandings of what you read as your thoughts and ideas evolve.
What is synthesize
500
A brief story used to illustrate or make a point.
What is anecdote