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Bad is to Terrible as Funny is to _____ A) Hilarious B) Difficult C) New
What is A-Hilarious
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This definition is for: A play for theater,radio,or television/
What is drama?
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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
What is a smilie uses "like" and "as while a metaphor uses neither?
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What is a protagnist and an antagonist? Give an example.
What is Protagnist- The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. (Good Guy) Antagonist-A person who actively opposes or is hostile to the protagnists (Bad Guy) Percy Jackson is the protagnist and Luke Castellan is the Antagonist.
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I am lighter than a feather, yet no man can hold me for very long.
What is Breath?
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Ugly is to Beauty as Serious is to ______ A) Happiness B) Humor C) Strength
What is B-Humor
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This definition is for: A story from the past with fictional characters or events
What is Historical Fiction?
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What is Alliteration give an example
What is- She sells seashells by the seashore, The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters.
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What is a free verse poem?
What is Poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular meter?
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Can giraffes have babies?
What is No, they have giraffes?
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Wrench is to Tool as Rose is to ______ A) Flower B) Pansy C) Paper
What is A-Flower
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This is an example of what? An old silent pond A frog jumps into the pond, Splash! Silence again
What is Poetry?
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My teddy bear gave me a hug. What example of figurative language does this sentence use?
What is personification
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What does infrence mean?
What is Inference to read between the lines; to pull from the text; to infer. Readers OFTEN have to make inferences to analyze and understand poetry.
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What is special about the following sequence of numbers? 8 5 4 9 1 7 6 10 3 2 0
What is they are in alphabetical order?
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Advance is to Retreat as Appear is to ______ A) Expose B) Live C) Vanish
What is C-Vanish
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What are some characteristics of Non-Fiction?
What is factual information,pictures with captions, primary sources,secondary sources,biography and autobiography etc.?
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Give a definition of hyberole and an example
What is Hyperbole-An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles. Ex: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
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Definiton of Rhyme Scheme.
What is Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhymes in a poem. To mark a rhyme scheme one uses the letters of the alphabet A, B, C and so on.
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A rooster lays an egg at the very top of a slanted roof. Which side is the egg going to roll off on?
What is neither roosters dont lay eggs?
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Meak is to Pushy as Passive is to _______ A) Kind B) Aggressive C) Disapoint
What is B-Aggresive
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List 5 different genres with in fiction.
What is Novel, Drama, Fantasy, Myths, Historical Fiction, etc.
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List 7 seven types of Figuartive Lanuage.
What is Imagery Simile Metaphor Alliteration Personification Onomatopoeia Hyperbole?
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What is the word that fits with this definition: the use of objects or images to represent or stand for something else (especially an abstract idea)
What is symbolism?
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Deaf, dumb and blind But always tells the truth
What is a mirror?