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Figurative Language
Vocabulary
What the Plot?
Poet and I Know it!
Text Patterns:
Chronological, Compare/ Contrast, Cause/ Effect, Problem/Solution
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A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
An affix put at the beginning of a word to alter the meaning of the word.
What is a prefix?
100
The part of the story when you are most on the edge of your seat.
What is the climax?
100
Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
100
First you turn on the water. Then you put soap on your hands. You rub your hands together for 30 seconds. Finally, rinse your hands off and dry them.
What is chronological or sequential order?
200
This Jeopardy game is the most entertaining game on the face of this Earth!
What is hyperbole?
200
An affix put at the ending of a word to alter the meaning of a word.
What is a suffix?
200
The events leading up to the climax...
What is the rising action?
200
Boom! Wham! Pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
200
If you give a mouse a cookie...
What is cause and effect?
300
John is such a sloth when he has to get up in the morning!
What is a metaphor?
300
"Challenging" is a(n) ___________ for "difficult."
What is a synonym?
300
Character versus Society, Character versus Character, Character versus Nature
What is external conflict?
300
A "paragraph" of a poem.
What is a stanza?
300
Advice column in a newspaper or magazine.
What is problem/ solution?
400
The waves kissed the shore.
What is personification?
400
"Beautiful" is a(n) __________ to "unattractive."
What is antonym?
400
Central idea of the text (sometimes known as a "moral" or lesson learned).
What is theme?
400
A-B-A-B-C-C
What is a rhyme scheme?
400
Venn Diagram
What is cause and effect?
500
A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets.
What is irony?
500
A prefix meaning "many"
What is poly-?
500
It was a cold, winter day in Maine, and Julia went outside to play by herself...(what part of the plot diagram is this?)
What is the exposition?
500
The number of syllables in the second line of a haiku.
What is seven?
500
Jessie decides to write a novel about his life leading up to the purchase of his company.
What is chronological?