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Allusions
Figurative Language
Synonyms and Antonyms
Main Idea/Inferences
Greek/Latin Roots
100
Identify the origin of the following example of Allusion... The coach discussed our Achilles' heel in game situations at practice last night.
What is mythological allusions?
100
The thunder grumbled and growled throughout the night, is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is personification?
100
Antonym for shout.
What is yell?
100
Identify the main idea of the following paragraph. My grandmother is one of those people who has her holiday shopping done by September. She picks out gifts when she and Grandpa travel. She also goes to local stores when they have sales during the summer. In December, when we’re all feeling too busy, Grandma is at home baking cookies.
What is my grandmother gets her holiday shopping done by September?
100
What does the word maternal mean in the following sentence? Carol's maternal instinct kicked in when the toddler ran into the road in front of a car.
What is motherly instinct?
200
Identify the Allusion in the following statements. Alan turned the other cheek when his friends went to the amusement park without him.
What is turned the other cheek?
200
Mighty Mary married Mathew in the month of May, is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is alliteration?
200
Synonym for sturdy.
What is strong?
200
Identify the main idea of the following paragraph. Samantha, I can’t eat or sleep when you are gone. I need to hear your scratchy voice and see your lovely toothless smile. I miss that special way that you eat soup with your fingers. Please come home soon!
What is Samantha, I miss you.
200
The Little Mermaid is from an aquatic world. What does the word aquatic mean in this sentence?
What is live in the water?
300
Identify the Allusion in the following statement. Our classroom was the Garden of Eden until our teacher got sick and we had a new sub.
What is the Garden of Eden?
300
Which two examples of figurative language are expressed in the below sentence... Stacey sang the song like an angel.
What is alliteration and simile?
300
Synonym for excited.
What is thrilled?
300
What is the main idea of the following paragraph? A tornado is a powerful, twisting windstorm. It begins high in the air among the winds of a giant storm cloud. People who have watched a tornados howling winds reach down from the sky have said its the most frightening thing they have ever seen. In some parts of the United States, these windstorms are called cyclones or twisters.
What is tornado's are powerful windstorms.
300
Jillian's choice to write a biography become challenging for her. What does the word biography mean?
What is a story about a person's life?
400
Identify the allusion in the following statement. As George answered yet another of the teachers questions before the class had a chance to think, Harry called out to George "You're a regular Einstein!"
What is You're a regular Einstein?
400
"Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?" is an example of which type of figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Antonym for rich.
What is poor?
400
What can you infer from the below paragraph? Francine read at the breakfast table. She walked slowly and carefully to the bus stop, with the book open in front of her. She read on the bus on the way to school, and she read during lunch time. After school her friend Marcia asked her if she wanted to come outside and play, but Francine only shook her head no, unable to tear her eyes from the book.
What is Francine is reading a good book?
400
The words enact, agent, transact and react come from the root words that mean
What is to do, things done?
500
An allusion can be found in which 4 types of media or communication?
What is books, commercials, movies, and conversation.
500
Which type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? After they broke up, his heart was broken.
What is metaphor?
500
Choose an antonym for the word left in the below sentence. When they left school the following day, they had to take a test while the rest of the class worked on a project.
What is arrived?
500
What can you infer about the location of the following paragraph? Evan leaned his head back and groaned. His mother patted his hand. “It won’t be too much longer,” she said. Evan nodded listlessly, and turned his head towards the television set mounted high on the wall. In the floor in front of them, a toddler played with a plastic truck, making it go around and around and around in a circle. Watching him made Evan feel sick. "Evan Taylor? Evan Taylor.” Finally. He stood up, and he and his mother followed the woman with the clipboard through an open door.
What is Evan is at a doctor's office?
500
What would be the best definition for the word murky? Somehow, even in a murky river, a fish can find a worm.
What is dark or unclear?