Which sentence contains a simile?
Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.
Boyd had been awake for 500 hours.
Our mayor is no Abe Lincoln.
Farewell, my fair-haired friend.
Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.
When a writer uses imagery and descriptive language, how does it affect the reader?
The reader can memorize the text,
The reader gets bored and stops reading.
The reader feels and sees the text come to life.
The reader gets confused and has to reread the text
The reader feels and sees the text come to life.
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The night sighed, and it seemed as if the sky was yawning.
The rabbit leopard over the fallen branch and vanished into the woods.
Oliver decided to indulge his friend’s fantasies and smiled warmly.
I ran as swiftly as a deer across the lawn, eager to greet my brother.
The night sighed, and it seemed as if the sky was yawning.
Which word is an example of onomatopoeia?
Pour
Reach
Zap
Feel
Zap
Love is a thrill ride. This sentence uses _____.
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
What does imagery include?
Uses the five sense to appeal to the reader
Uses dollars and cents to appeal to the reader
Use descriptive words of sight and smells to appeal to the reader
Uses big words to appeal to the reader.
Uses the five sense to appeal to the reader
Personification is a figure of speech that _____.
Makes a comparison using the word “like” or “As”
Exaggeration for humorous or dramatic effect
Gives a nonhuman thing a human trait or ability
Uses a word that sounds like what it means
Gives a nonhuman thing a human trait or ability
. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
“Voila,” the chef announced, revealing a glorious dessert, set aflame.
“Yikes!” Riley exclaimed, gritting her teeth. “I do not want to talk about that!”
Justin poured a glass of soda, listening to the bubbles fizz in the glass.
Haroun could hear, from the crowd, shouts of “Hooray! And chants of his name.
Justin poured a glass of soda, listening to the bubbles fizz in the glass.
This kid was a young Albert Einstein. This sentence uses ____.
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Which of the following sentences contains personification?
My sister is a volcano when shes angry, so stay out of her way!
Bang! My sister slammed the door in my face and left me standing outside, alone,
Anger gripped my sister’s heart in its firm fist, squeezing out all of her other feelings.
My angry sister steamed loud enough to wake the neighbors.
Anger gripped my sister’s heart in its firm fist, squeezing out all of her other feelings.
Which of the following sentences contains personification?
The spiderwebs stuck to my skin.
A wind blew, and a door opened with a creak.
Slowly and stealthily, I slipped inside.
The leaves danced in the wind.
The leaves danced in the wind.
Which is an example of onomatopoeia
The ball hit the wall.
The ball hit the wall with a loud BAM.
The ball dropped.
The ball dropped hard.
The ball hit the wall with a loud BAM.
Read the following passage.
Mike’s love for tacos burns bright, an undying flame that can never be extinguished, not even by a bad chalupa.
Which of the following best describes the metaphor in the passage?
Mike’s love for tacos is compared to a bad chalupa.
Mike loves tacos.
Mike’s love for tacos is compared to a flame.
Mike’s love is compared to a taco.
Mike’s love for tacos is compared to a flame.
Figurative language is __.
Expressions, or figures of speech, that are not meant to be taken literally.
Expressions, or figures of speech, that are meant to be taken literally.
Literal language.
English class.
Expressions, or figures of speech, that are not meant to be taken literally.
Which of the following contains personification?
Spring was in full bloom.
The floorboards moaned and groaned beneath me.
Sylvester woke up late for school.
The motorcycle raced by me with a loud “WHOOSH!”
The floorboards moaned and groaned beneath me.
Onomatopoeia is ____.
Makes a comparison using the word “like” or “As”
Exaggeration for humorous or dramatic effect
Gives a nonhuman thing a human trait or ability
Uses a word that sounds like what it means
Uses a word that sounds like what it means
Read the following passage.
Paul often got lost while he was driving. He was easily confused by street signs and besides, driving was so boring. He liked to distract himself by imagining what the other drivers were thinning. “My mind is like a puppy dog,” he laughed, “always chasing after something new.” Maybe the family in the car next to him was on the run; maybe the truck driver up ahead was transporting something fantastic, like diamonds; maybe the woman driving alone in the car beind him was a future movie star. Or maybe, like him, they were all trying to imagine anything except the road in front of them. He would speculate about all of this until he realized he had missed the exit or driven too far in the wrong direction and then he would curse his own imagination.
Which detail from the text contains a simile?
…”he would curse his own imagination.”
“My mind is like a puppy dog…”
“Maybe the family in the car next to him was on the run…”
“Paul often got lost when he was driving.”
“My mind is like a puppy dog…”
Complete these sentences:
1) The first time we read poetry, we read for ____ meaning.
2) The second time we read poetry, we read for _____ meaning.
1. Literal 2. Figurative
1. Figurative 2. Literal
1. Fun 2. Deep
1. Deep 2. Fun
1. Literal 2. Figurative
Which of the following sentences contains personification?
The forest slept on and on in her silent slumber.
High above the trees, the sky was a while blanket.
All around us, the air was still.
We heard nothing, not even the early morning chirps of birds.
The forest slept on and on in her silent slumber.
Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
I heard a bee buzz in my ear.
The child ran as fast a bullet!
It is raining cats and dogs out there!
Once upon a time...
I heard a bee buzz in my ear.