Figurative Language
Danny flew past the opposing players on the football field. He was lightning unleashed upon the hapless defenders.
What is a metaphor?
The narrator goes back in time to tell the reader about an earlier event.
What is a flashback?
The narrator of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Who is Scout Finch?
Identify the adjective in the following sentence: The pretty girl brushed her hair before she went to bed.
What is pretty?
The opposite of what one might expect.
What is irony?
Tawny would not let the argument with her teacher end. She was like a puppy with a new chew toy.
What is a simile?
Perspective from which the story in narrated.
What is point-of-view?
He said, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.”
Who is Atticus Finch?
Select the pronoun that will best fit into the following sentence.
The instructor put _________ students at ease when he said no one would fail.
What is his?
An expression that isn't meant to be taken literally.
What is an idiom?
The sizzle and pop of the bacon awoke half the family and the smell beckoned them to come downstairs for breakfast.
What is onomatopoeia?
Events in the story that hint at something that might happen later
What is foreshadowing?
Atticus proved Bob was the one that beat Mayella by showing the court he wrote with this hand.
What is his left hand?
Would've is made up of these two words?
What is would and have?
The point the author is trying to prove to his/her reader.
What is a claim/thesis?
The wind blew through the willow forest, and the trees began to dance their gorgeous ballet.
What is personification?
The underlying message or big idea the author is trying to convey to their readers.
What is theme?
What is themes?
Identify the misspelled word and spell it correctly:
I couldn’t weight to go to the movies.
What is w-a-i-t?
When citing evidence, it is important that the writing use these marks.
What are quotations?
An exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
A reference to something that is well-known.
What is an allusion?
These two characters most represent a mockingbird in the novel.
Who is Tom Robinson and Boo Radley?
Place a comma correctly in the sentence below.
After you have finished taking out the trash you may watch your favorite show.
What is After you have finished taking out the trash, you may watch your favorite show.
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?