Figurative Language
Jill was as mad as a snake. What figurative language is this an example of?
What is a simile?
When you use clues from the text plus what you already know to figure something out, you are doing this.
What is making an inference?
This point of view uses words like “I,” “me,” and “my.”
What is first-person point of view?
A diary written by a soldier during the Civil War is an example of this type of source.
What is a primary source?
A text explains the steps to complete a science experiment. Which structure is being used?
What is sequence
The flowers danced gracefully in the wind. What figurative language is this an example of?
What is personification?
In a story, the main character loses her dog, searches the neighborhood, and then finally finds it at the animal shelter.They both go home and the girl vows to never let the dog out of her sight again.
The girl losing her dog is what part of the plot?
What is the conflict?
This is the main problem in a story.
What is conflict?
A photograph taken during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad is what type of source?
What is a primary source?
A text describes events that happened in time order. What text structure is being used?
What is chronological order?
The music was food to my soul. What figurative language is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
In a story, the main character loses her dog, searches the neighborhood, and then finally finds it at the animal shelter.They both go home and the girl vows to never let the dog out of her sight again.
What part of the plot is the moment when she finds her dog?
What is climax?
This point of view uses “he,” “she,” or “they.”
What is third person point of view?
Brenda wants to use a film or video about a topic that gives information. What type of source is she looking for?
What is a documentary?
A text describes a problem, such as pollution, and describes the way that people have tried to solve it. What text structure is being used?
What is problem and solution?
Boom! The thunder scared the team who was standing outside. What type of figurative language is this?
What is an onomatopoeia?
Maria finds a wallet full of money on the playground and turns it in to the principal without taking anything out of it.
What character trait can best be inferred?
What is honest or trustworthy?
When an author tries to convince you to think or do something, the purpose is this.
What is persuade?
A historian writing a book about Abraham Lincoln using letters, speeches, and diaries is creating what type of source?
What is a secondary source?
A text describes a place, animal, or thing by describing what it looked like or giving other characteristics about it.
What is description?
“The cold rain slid across my face, and the fresh scent of pine filled the crisp mountain air.” What is the author using in this sentence to create an image for the reader?
What is imagery?
Jake and Jeremiah are two best friends. One day they got into and argument and stopped speaking to each other. After they have a few days to cool down, they decide finally apologize and forgive one another.
When they decide to forgive one another at the end of the story, what part of plot is this?
What is the resolution?
This is another way to explain point of view. It's the way someone views something.
What is perspective?
Phillip is reading a book about Barack Obama written by Barack Obama himself. What type of source is he reading?
What is an autobiography?
This structure explains how two or more things are alike and different. Ex. Reading a text about cats and dogs being common household pets but each having different needs.
What is compare and contrast?