Figurative Language
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is Alliteration?
It's been two weeks since they arrived in Paris.
What is Paris?
Piggy is the symbol of reasoning and logic.
Verb? Linking or action(T or I)?
IS = linking verb (piggy=symbol of reasoning and logic)
She wore a beautiful dress.
What is beautiful?
You should definitely clean this room yourself.
What is yourself?
The storm seriously hampered communication.
What is seriously?
They have a discussion about football.
What is about?
Just as I was watching the football match on TV, electricity went off.
What is just as?
Shoo, all of you, I’m busy!
What is shoo?
Lightning danced across the sky.
What is Personification?
Jim is going to be sorely missed.
Who is Jim?
She eats chocolate cake on Sundays.
Action (T or I) or linking?
What is eats?
Action Transitive.....eats what? Chocolate cake!
This glass is breakable.
What is breakable?
My best friend’s gaming computer at school is much stronger than yours.
What is yours?
I anxiously await your response.
What is anxiously?
A plane is flying above the village.
What is above?
Though it is raining, they swam in the pool.
What is though?
Jeepers, that was close.
What is jeepers?
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is Hyperbole?
Next Monday is the deadline.
What is Monday?
The horses gallop across the fields.
What is the verb....and is it action(I or T) or linking?
What is gallop?
ACTION! Intransitive...gallp what/whom? we don't know..it simply happened.
This is the prettiest dress in the window.
What is prettiest?
Everything was ready for the party.
What is everything?
The only difficult step is the first.
What is only?
I slept after I arrived at my house.
What is after?
We can meet you wherever you want.
What is wherever?
Aww! Look at the baby, it’s so cute.
What is aww?
It's a piece of cake.
What is a Idiom?
My dog's name is Loki.
What is Loki?
I hear the train coming.
Verb? AND what kind, Transitive, Intransitive, helping, or linking?
What is hear? TRANSITIVE (Hear what?...the train!)
I have an important announcement to make.
What is important?
She is the best basketball player in the team.
What is she?
Donna is in charge of keeping the office running smoothly.
What is smoothly?
You can swim across the river.
What is across?
While I was playing with the children, he came the park.
What is while?
Wow! I had no idea you could sew, let alone make an entire outfit!
What is wow?
My teeth chattered as I made my way through the snow.
What is Onomatopoeia?
On a horse, Simon is completely at ease.
Who is Simon?
Call me when you’re finished with class.
Transitive? intransitive? linking?helping?
What is call?...TRANSITIVE...call what or whom? ME!
The green frog hopped around the pond.
What is hopped?
He loves to play basketball.
What is he?
They are seriously concerned about their safety.
What is seriously?
She was late because of missing the train.
What is because of?
I went to bed at 10 pm as I had a plane to catch at 7 am.
What is as?
Oops! I hit the wrong button.
What is oops?
Her eyes were diamonds.
What is a Metaphor?
China is east of Japan. (there will be two)
What is China?
What is Japan?
She was running errands all day.
"was running" is the verb phrase...which one is the HELPING VERB? (linking verb turned helping...)
was!
He had a puzzled expression on his face.
What is puzzled?
Denis and Jimmy want to buy a new car because theirs are so worn out.
What is theirs?
The children love to play outside.
What is outside?
My home is between library and bank
What is between?
She asked him why he was playing football.
What is why?
Ouch! That pavement is hot!
What is ouch?
The car was as clean as a whistle.
What is a Simile?
China, Japan, and India are primary producers of tea. (there will be three)
What is China?
What is Japan?
What is India?
He has been training all year for the marathon.
What is the verb phrase? AND identify the helping verb + main verb..
What has been training.
Verb phrase= has been training
Helping verb= has been
training=main
I told a funny story to my younger sister. (there are two)
What is funny?
What is younger?
We go to the gym club together.
What is we?
The bus is moving westwards.
What is westwards?
Nobody came the party except George and Alex.
What is except?
I waited up for her until eleven o’clock.
What is until?
Brr! It’s so cold.
What is brr