Figurative Language
This new song is fire.
What is a metaphor?
I, me, my, us, we
What are 1st-Person pronouns?
In paragraph writing, this is usually found in the opening sentences.
What is the main idea?
Jerry has a baby mustache.
What is the subject?
Jerry
Wither: Alice finally threw the withering roses away when a dead petal fell into her cereal bowl.
Wither means shrivel, droop, or die.
This chair feels like I'm sitting on a block of ice.
What is a hyperbole?
A place in the story where tension is built; the characters begin to live with conflict.
What is the Rising Action?
the feeling that a word carries is ______.
What is connotation?
The green paper poster continues to fall of the wall.
List the 3 adjectives that describe the subject.
The green paper...
Fretful: My mom always worries about my grades and the colleges that I’ll be able to attend, but if she were a little less fretful she’d be a lot more fun.
Fretful means stressed, anxious, or worried
Lucy liked Linda's Liger named Leo.
What is alliteration?
Protagonist or Antagonist?
Big Bad Wolf
What is the Antagonist?
This greek root word means time.
What is chrono?
The students will walk around the gym in P.E.
What is the verb?
will walk
Degrade: Suzie’s mother taught her to never let anyone degrade her, so now she demands respect in all of her relationships.
Degrade means disrespect.
"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"
said the sunflowers.
What is personification?
Big Bad Wolf
What is a Static Character?
This greek root word means write.
What is graph?
I made a delicious strawberry smoothie this morning.
What is the subject?
I
Simultaneous: Few were impressed by Kirstin’s presentation, “How to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time,” even though Kirstin was able to simultaneously walk and chew gum.
Simultaneously means at the same time.
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
What is personification?
Narrative Writing would be considered what kind of author's purpose?
Persuade, Inform, or Entertain?
Entertain
Arguing some more is expected in the conclusion paragraph of an argument.
False. The main purpose of a conclusion is to summarize what you've written.
Name the 23 helping verbs.
23 helping verbs
Reluctant: As Kevin remembered the promise he made earlier, he reluctantly agreed to help Jennie move her stuff into her new apartment.
Reluctantly means unwillingly