Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
Name the 4 types of poems.
Limerick, Haiku, Free Verse, and Rhymed Verse
Name the 6 types of text structure
sequence, problem/solution, compare and contrast, chronology, description, and cause and effect
What are the three forms of Author's purpose?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Tells the reader information about a picture
Caption
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
After playing outside for an hour, my hands were like ice.
Simile
What type of poem is this?
He couldn't find his other shoe,
He checked the fridge, the sink,
the glue.
He found it on his sister's cat-
it made a very comfy hat.
This is an example of what text structure?
A boy attempts to move his family's rolling bag, but it's too heavy, so his father helps him pull luggage onto the plane.
Cause and Effect
What is central idea?
Central idea is what the story is mostly about.
Tells the main idea of a section
Heading
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
My dad always says I am a bear in the morning.
Metaphor
What type of poem is this?
I talk to the trees.
They don't talk back.
but sometimes they nod.
Free Verse
This is an example of what text feature?
In 1775 Benjamin Franklin became the first postmaster general.
Chronology
What is theme?
Theme is the lesson the character learns that we can apply to our own lives.
Visual for the text
Picture
What type of figurative language is the sentence below?
Jeremiah's stomach grumbled and begged to be fed.
Personification
What type of poem is this?
The stars blinked above
as if they knew my secret-
and promised to keep it.
Haiku
What text structure is the sentence below?
Humans and elephants look different but they are similar in some ways.
Compare and Contrast
What is the author claim?
A statement the authors believes and backs up with facts from the text.
WORDS you need to know
Bolded or Italicized words
What type of figurative language?
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore
Alliteration, It means that the first letter of each word is repeated.
What type of poem is this?
The grass tickled my feet today.
The sky was bright; the clouds
went gray.
The wind spun stories through
my hair-
and whispered magic
everywhere.
Rhymed Verse
What is the text structure of the sentence below:
First, the chef grabbed all the ingredients. Then, he starting chopping the vegetables. Next, he added them to a pot.
sequence
What is Perspective?
What the character thinks, feels, or believes about a topic or event.
Timeline