Figurative Language
What is a Simile?
A type of figurative language which is used to compare 2 things using like or as.
What is a Noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
A Firefighter saved a cat from a tree.
What is the Theme of that sentence?
The theme to this sentence is Heroism.
What is Theme?
A dominant idea or motif in a literary work.
What did Jonas dream about that made him start taking a pill?
Jonas had a dream about Fiona and washing her, himself.
What is a Metaphor?
Is a phrase describing something as its not reality, it is used to describe two things symbolically.
What is a Adjective?
An Adjective describes nouns and pronouns.
When walking through the hallway, a girl gave me a nasty look.
What is the theme of this sentence?
The Theme would be judgmental.
What is the Plot?
A series of events that occur in a literary work.
What age do you have to be to get a Bike?
At age nine is when you receive a bike.
What is a Oxymoron?
A term which features two words which appear to contradict each other but make sense of the situation overall.
What is a Pronoun?
A Pronoun replaces a noun.
I met the love of my life, at my job. It was like love at first site.
What is the Theme?
The theme is Love.
What is Characterization?
Process by which an author portrays a personality in literary work.
What job did Jonas get given?
Jonas received the job of, Receiver of Memory.
What is a Hyperbole?
A figure of speech which exaggerates the meaning of a sentence.
What is a Conjunction?
A Conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses.
I went camping and forgot my fishing pole so I had to make one.
What is the theme?
The theme is survival.
What is the Setting?
The location where the story takes place.
What number was Jonas at the ceremony of 12?
Jonas was number 19 because he was the 19th born in the group of children born.
What is an Idiom?
A phrase which bears no literal meaning to the situation I is describing but it implies the facts or story behind it.
What is a Preposition?
A Preposition links nouns to other words.
I went to an amusement park over the weekend, and the rides were so exhilarating.
What is the theme?
What is Figurative Language?
A way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words being used.
When do Volunteering hours start? What age?
Ar age 8 you may start Volunteering hours.