Figurative Language
Greek Mythology
Nonfiction Text Features
Point of View/
Topic
Topic
Mystery
100
Explain the difference between an idiom and a proverb.
A proverb gives you wisdom.
An idiom is meant to be understood figuratively and not literally and it makes you sound silly if you were to say it in a foreign country.
100
What does it mean to have the Midas Touch? Give an example.
A person who has the ability to create wealth easily.
100
Identify the text feature displayed on the card below:
Table of Contents
100
What are the three types of point of view? Explain each of them.
First person - I, me, myself,
Second person - you
Third Person- they, her, she, he, him
100
What do glossary's do for you in nonfiction texts?
Define unknown or unfamiliar words.
200
What kind of figurative language is being shown in the phrase below:
"Not myself, not my best. Felt like I failed the test".
How do you know?
Alliteration
- The same sound is repeating.
-"not" repeats, "best" and "test" rhyme.
200
Name the Greek Allusion that best fits this scenario: My sister is a baker. She loves to have people try her new cupcake flavors. The problem is instead of making something normal like chocolate chunk or strawberry swirl, she sometimes makes cupcakes like bacon banana chunk or spinach fudge brownie. My mom always refuses to try her cupcakes, because you never know what you will get.
(Daily Double: You can earn double the points if you can define the Greek Allusion you chose).
Trojan Horse- something that is meant to secretly destroy.
200
Identify the text feature displayed on the card below:
Heading
200
What is a topic? Explain what it is and give an example of a topic.
- A subject
-The person, place, thing, idea or concept, that is the focus of the writer (1/2 word phrase)
Example: Sloths, Lunar New Year, Superbowl
200
What figurative language device is being shown in the capitalized part of the phrase “CLAP along if you feel like that’s what you wanna do”?
Onomatopoeia
300
What figurative language device is being used in this phrase:
"I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space"
A. Alliteration
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
(Daily Double: Double the points if you can list the other figurative language device being shown in the phrase)
C. Hyperbole - Hot air balloons can't go to space
Metaphor- a comparison of two things without like or as
300
Name the Greek Allusion that best fits this scenario:
Kelly loves to cook. She makes dinner every night for her family, until one day she gets an idea. She decided that instead of cooking every night, she will just cook on Sunday and make enough meals for the next 2 weeks. "That way I can save time!", Kelly thought.
After cooking the meals, Kelly begins to eat them throughout the week, but by the start of week 2, the food starts to taste funny and her family gets tired of eating the same meal day after day. By day 10, Kelly notices mold growing on the food in the fridge. "I guess making meals for the next 2 weeks wasn't a good idea after all", said Kelly.
(Daily Double: Earn double the points if you can define the Greek Allusion you chose correctly).
Pandora's Box - Something that seems like a good idea at first, but ends up creating lots of troubles.
300
Identify the text feature displayed inside the circles:
Special Print
300
Read the sentence and decide the point of view being shown. Explain how you know.
My friend Emma loves to play volleyball in her yard. I like to play soccer in mine.
First person
300
What is a graphic?
A. Are words near a picture to help readers understand what is being shown.
B. May include a chart, graph, or diagram. Helps the reader to understand what the author is saying.
C. Helps readers identify a picture or photo and it's parts.
(Daily Double: Earn double the points if you can correctly list/state the other 2 nonfiction text features shown in the multiple choice options)
B.
- A. This is an example of a CAPTION
-C. This is an example of LABELS
400
Explain the difference between similes and metaphors.
Finish this sentence:
Similes and metaphors ______________ two or more things.
Simile- A comparison of two or more things using like or as
Metaphor- A comparison of two or more things without using like or as
***Comparison
400
Name the Greek Allusion that best fits this idea:
When someone is really great at one thing, but terrible at another thing we call this their _____________.
***Define the Greek Allusion you chose.
Achilles Heel- Someone's weakness.
400
Identify the nonfiction text feature shown in the image below:
Index
400
What could be a topic for this short passage below.
"The butterfly is one of the most beautiful creatures in the world. They taste with their feet and have a suction tube for a mouth. There are 4 stages in becoming a butterfly: egg, caterpillar, pupa, and adult. This process is called metamorphosis. The adult female butterfly lays her eggs on a plant."
Butterflies
400
What Greek Allusion is being shown in the examples below:
A. My sister can never resist my grandma's homemade chocolate cake, even on her diet.
B. My mom always says that drinking soda isn't wise. It ruins your teeth and can give you cavities, even though it tastes good.
A. Achilles Heel
B. Trojan Horse
500
Name the figurative language device shown in this phrase:
"If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself".
Proverb
Meaning: If you want something done in a specific way, you are better to do it yourself.
Example: Julia wanted to give out Valentine's to her friends at school. She wanted them to be pink and include puppy stickers. She searched throughout the store, but they didn't have what she wanted. Her mom offered to make them for her, but her mom ended up including pug stickers, not golden retriever stickers like she wanted. Julia thought "If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself".
500
Give the definition and an example that fits for the Greek Allusion "Herculean Task"
Definition: Something that is difficult and requires a lot of effort or strength.
Example: My dad decided he would build a pool in our backyard. He had to dig a 25 x 17ft. long hole, then he had to pour concrete, and lay 12,000 small blue tiles. It took him all summer to finish the project.
500
Identify the text feature displayed on the card below. (Follow the arrows.)
Subheading
500
Name the two types of point of view based on the examples below:
A. Jonah and Heather like to ride their bikes around the neighborhood.
B. Crest toothpaste is the best! You will love the mint flavor and the cheap price!
A. Third Person
B. Second Person
500
Tell me the story of the Trojan Horse? What did the Greeks do to defeat the Trojans?
The Greeks battled the Trojans in the Trojan War. The Greeks came up with the idea to build a wooden horse that could secretly hide soldiers inside of it. The Greeks left the battle field and left the wooden horse outside the walls of Troy. The Trojans thought the horse was a gift from the Greeks symbolizing that the war was over. They brought the horse inside of their walls. When night time came, the Greeks snuck out of the wooden horse and burned down the city of Troy.