Figurative Language
What figure of speech compares two things using like or as?
What is a Simile?
The part of speech that names a person, place, thing, or idea?
What is a noun?
"The school’s empty hallway echoed with the soft buzz of fluorescent lights, lockers, and doors lined up like soldiers in the dim afternoon gloom."
What is Settings?
132 + 122 = ?
313!
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
What figurative language gives human qualities to animals or objects?
What is Personification?
A part of speech that describes a person, place or thing?
What is an adjective
Example: "The killer charges toward the boy, boots pounding against the wet pavement as thunder rumbles overhead."
What is Conflict? (Character vs Character)
Solve x: 3(x + 4) = 27
5!
What is the imaginary line of latitude at 0° that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the Equator?
What figurative language is an extreme exaggeration used for effect?
What is Hyperbole?
In the sentence, "She quickly ran home", what part of speech is quickly?
What is an adverb
Example: “Nagi was lazy and rarely finished his homework on time.”
What is Characterization?
The school cafeteria sold 3 slices of pizza for $7.50. At this rate, how much would 8 slices cost?
$20
What is the name for the movement of people from one place to another, often to find work, safety, or better living conditions?
What is Migration?
What figurative language is a direct comparison between two unlike things without using like or as?
What is Metaphor?
In the sentence, "They went to the store and bought snacks", what part of speech is and?
What is a Conjunction?
The Paper Menagerie is about a Chinese American boy who, ashamed of his immigrant mother and heritage, rejects the magical paper animals she makes for him and only realizes the depth of her love and his loss after she dies.
What is Plot?
Solve for x:
4(2x - 3) = 3(x + 5) + 2
5.8!
What is the name for the process of people moving from rural areas to cities, often in search of better jobs and services?
What is urbanization?
In the sentence The wind whispered through the trees, what figurative language is used?
What is a Personification?
In the sentence, "Wow! That was amazing!" What part of speech is Wow?
What is an interjection?
"The cycle of violence, generational trauma, and the heavy burden of legacy."
What is Theme?
A rectangular park has a diagonal walking path that is 26 m long. The width of the park is 10 m.
What is the length of the park?
24m!
What is the name of the statistic that measures the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births, often used to assess a country’s quality of life?
What is the infant mortality rate?