Figurative Language
Using Figurative Language
Prefixes/suffixes
Organizational Structure
Poetry
100
A phrase where all or most of the words start with the same letter for effect.
What is Alliteration.
100
The thunder went boom as the storm quickly approached.
What is Onomatopoeia .
100
To work the problem again.
What is rework.
100
Kelly is a very motivated student who always makes Principal’s Honor Roll. On the other hand, Jeremy just tries to get by with a passing grade.
What is Compare and Contrast.
100
This stylistic element is used when poets repeat verses or phrases at the end of each stanza in poetry
What is refrain.
200
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is simile
200
Tiny Timmy told timid tales of terrible thunderstorms.
What is Alliteration.
200
To travel ACROSS THE CONTINENTS.
What is transcontinental.
200
Next, add the chopped walnuts and ground cinnamon. Stir until batter is mixed thoroughly. Then, spoon batter into a 9X13 baking dish.
What is Sequencing.
200
An ABCB pattern in poetry means this.
What is Rhyme Scheme or the second and fourth lines rhyme.
300
Giving human characteristics to an object or animal.
What is personification.
300
Those two football players are giants.
What is metaphor.
300
To TEST BEFORE the material is taught.
What is pretest.
300
The family’s plans to go to the fair were canceled as a result of the heavy sheets of rain that were coming down.
What is Cause and Effect.
300
Which pair of words rhymes? A. stuff, stall B. milk, junk C. great, street D. white, might
What is D. white, might
400
Word representing the sound that objects, animals, or people make.
What is Onomatopoeia.
400
Stop pulling my leg! I know that the Principal did not say that I was in trouble!
What is idiom.
400
Someone who HAS RELIGION.
What is Religious.
400
In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United States. In 1861, the Civil War between the Union and the Confederates begins. Then, in 1865, President Lincoln is assassinated.
What is Chronological Order.
400
This line includes a simile? A. I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, B. He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play, C. I 'rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup; D. For he sometimes shoots up taller, like an India-rubber ball.
What is D. For he sometimes shoots up taller, like an India-rubber ball.
500
A phrase that means something different that what it says.
What is idiom.
500
It is so cold outside that I feel like I am going to turn into ice!
What is hyperbole.
500
Someone who completes a task WITHOUT CARE.
What is Careless.
500
There are a number of cars that are on the roads today. We can put these cars into different types of groups based on size, power, and the type of gas mileage they receive.
What is classification.
500
Summer's Heat In mid-afternoon's summer heat The shade of Gramma's front porch invites me to relax The setting in this poem...
What is Gramma's front porch on a summer mid-afternoon.