Figurative Language
What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
What is a simile?
Which genre tells about imaginary events and characters?
What is fiction?
Which structure shows what happened and why?
What is cause and effect?
What punctuation ends a question?
What is a question mark?
What are the 3 main reasons an author writes?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Her smile was sunshine on a cloudy day.” What is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
A book about George Washington written by someone else is what genre?
What is a biography?
What structure compares two or more things?
What is compare and contrast?
Where does the comma go? I bought apples bananas and oranges.
What is: I bought apples, bananas, and oranges?
If a text gives facts about space, what is the author’s purpose?
Inform
The leaves danced in the wind.” What figurative language is used?
What is personification?
A story that involves magic and mythical creatures belongs to what genre?
What is fantasy?
What clue word often signals a sequence?
What is “first” or “then”?
Correct the sentence:
“i like tacos.”
What is: I like tacos?
A commercial says a product is the best. What’s the author’s purpose?
Persuade
What’s the meaning of the idiom “hit the books”?
What is to start studying?
A poem that tells a story is called what?
What is a narrative poem?
What text structure would be used in a “How-to” article?
What is chronological/sequence?
Correct the sentence:
“i like tacos.”
A. I like tacos.
B. i like tacos.
C. I like Tacos.
D. i Like tacos.
what is- I like tacos.
A poem that tells a funny story is meant to...?
Entertain
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?
"The wind whispered through the trees."
A. Simile
B. Personification
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Hyperbole
B. Personification
A poem that tells a story is called what?
A. Narrative Poem
B. Free Verse
C. Haiku
D. Limerick
A. Narrative Poem
What text structure would be used in a "How-to" article?
A. Chronological/Sequence
B. Compare and Contrast
C. Cause and Effect
D. Problem and Solution
A. Chronological/Sequence
Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks:
A. "Let's go to the park," said Mia.
B. Let’s go to the park," said Mia.
C. "Let's go to the park said Mia.
D. "Lets go to the park", said Mia.
A. "Let's go to the park," said Mia.
How can you tell if a story is meant to inform?
It gives facts and details