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Figurative Language
Poetry
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Narratives
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What figurative language is in the poem?


Life is a board game.
Rolling the dice when we take a chance
on what to do.
Should I become a doctor?  Lawyer? Mailman?

Metaphor - Life is a board game
100
What type of poem?

There once was a dog named Lucille
Who thought her stuffed animals were real
She wanted to play
With her toys all day
Until she made them her meal.

Limerick
100
What is the meaning of stagehand in the sentence?
If you do not want a performing role, but would like to help backstage in the play, write "stagehand" in large letters at the top of your permission slip.

A. to design costumes
B. to provide special support
C. to direct performers

B - to provide special support
100
What is the moral or lesson the author wants us to learn and apply in our own lives called?
Theme
100
Where is a glossary found in a book?
the back
200
What type of figurative language?
Hey Diddle, Diddle
the cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the moon.

The little dog laughed
to see such a sport,
and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Personification - The little dog laughed and the dish ran away with the spoon
200
What type of poetry?

Points of light on black
glowing ball of bright full moon
whoosh, a shooting star
Haiku
200
Where is a prefix found?
At the beginning of the word
200
What is a description of the character's personality written in the form of adjectives called?
characterization
200
What can you find in a thesaurus?
synonyms and antonyms
300
What type of figurative language?

Your feet smell so bad
Just like limburger cheese
That I'm holding my nose tight

Between my two knees.

Simile - Your feet smell so bad just like limburger cheese.
300
Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
repetition
300
Where is a suffix found?
At the end of a word
300
What is the problem of the story called?
Conflict
300
Do you normally find synonyms and antonyms in a dictionary?
no
400
What type of figurative language?

My dad and I went fishing.
I cast out my line,
just in time.
I pulled it over my shoulder
It was bigger than a boulder
from the Grand Canyon.

Hyperbole - Bigger than a boulder from the Grand Canyon
400
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
True friends are by your side.
Through it all.
True friends are there

To catch you when you fall.

ABCB
400
What are words that have similar meanings called?
synonyms
400
What type of conflict would this be?

It's been snowing a long time and Mary needs to go to get groceries.  Unfortunately, she can't get her car out of the driveway because there is a foot of snow!

External - Man Vs. Nature
400
Which of the following could be found in a dictionary?
A. definition
B. part of speech
C. pronunciation
D. sentence using the word
All
500
What type of figurative language?
Ghosts

glide across the
golden grass gathering
goblins and grabbing grasshoppers.

Alliteration - g
500
The recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses
rhythm
500
The ______ is the base of a word.
root
500
What type of conflict would this be?


Mary is trying to decide on which dress to wear for picture day.

Internal
500
I am doing a report on Robert E. Lee.  Which resources should I look at for information?
A. dictionary

B. thesaurus
C. encyclopedia
D. A website called "Robert E. Lee"
E. An almanac

C and D