Figurative Language
Figurative Language Part 2
Types of Writing
Reading Techniques
Reading Analysis
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"The aliens came after all" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
100
"The boy acted like a cat" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
This writing is used to convince someone of something else.
What is persuasive writing?
100
This is what you call reading before you have read, but you're just previewing and looking for key terms.
What is skimming?
100
This is what the main point of a book is called.
What is a theme?
200
"The book was a beast in terms of page count" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
200
"Quack, quack!" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
__________ text is called text that is providing us information, not a narrative or story, so we use diagrams and sub-headings to assist us in reading.
What is Information
200
This is when you review something you have already read.
What is scanning?
200
This is another name for the main point of an essay, not a novel
What is a theis statement?
300
Spongebob Squarepants is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
300
"The test was soooooo hard; it was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life!" is this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
300
This type of writing ha no real rules and can be free written or "creatively" written.
What is creative writing?
300
This is when you don't know a word, but you are looking around it (the scenario, the context) to figure it out.
What are context clues?
300
This is the word for the way someone speaks.
What is diction?
400
"You're driving me up the wall" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
400
"The desk was more than just a desk; it meant access to a better life to me."
What is symbolism?
400
"I didn't realize what happened" is this type of person's perspective (first, third omniscient, third limited).
What is first-person?
400
When you are summarizing somethin in your own words and it is NOT a copy of what someone else said.
What is paraphrasing?
400
The time and place in the beginning (exposition) of a book is also called this.
What is the setting?
500
"The dog ate my homework" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a cliche?
500
"It's raining cats and dogs" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an idiom?
500
This type of writing is writing in the form of diary format.
What is epistolary writing?
500
When there is NO rhyme scheme in a poem?
What is free verse?
500
"And then, he revealed he was the killer and told us his plan to seek more revenge" can be indicated as what point in the plot structure?
What is the climax?