Figurative Language
Apple that represents a teacher
What is a Symbol
What is mood in literature?
What is the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader?
What is a prefix?
What is a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning?
What is a theme in a story?
What is the central message or underlying idea of a story?
Make this into proper parallel structure: Casey talked about the difference between the weather in Arizona and how it storms in the Northeast.
Casey talked about the weather in Arizona and the weather in the Northeast
She runs as fast as a Cheetah
What is an example of a simile
Which mood is created by dark, gloomy descriptions and mysterious settings, as seen in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
What is eerie or suspenseful
What is a suffix?
What is a group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning?
What is a common theme in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
What words are parallel in the following sentence:
She likes to run, dance, and sing.
What is run, dance, and sing
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
What is an example of a metaphor
“There was no moon, and everything beneath lay in misty darkness: not a light gleamed from any house, far or near all had been extinguished long ago: and those at Wuthering Heights were never visible…” - Emily Bronte; Wuthering Heights Figure out the mood of the passage.
What is depressing, gloomy, eery... ( answer may vary)
What does the prefix "un-" mean?
What is "not" or "opposite of"?
Which theme deals with the struggle between good and evil?
What is conflict between good and evil?
What is parallel structure in writing?
What is using the same pattern of words or phrases to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance?
What is an example of a simile
Answers may vary
What mood is often created by fast-paced, exciting, or tense scenes?
What is thrilling or suspenseful?
What does the prefix "pre-" mean in words like "preview" or "predict"?
What is "before"?
How can themes be revealed in a story?
What is through characters’ actions, dialogue, and events?
Identify the error in this sentence: "She likes to swim, biking, and to run."
What is lack of parallel structure?
Identify the figurative language: "The house groaned under the weight of the storm."
What is personification
How does Edgar Allan Poe create a mood of dread in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?
What is through detailed descriptions of decay, darkness, and isolation?
What suffix can be added to the word "hope" to form a noun meaning "the feeling of expectation"
What is "-ful" (hope → hopeful)?
Name a theme related to family legacy and the past, which is important in "The Fall of the House of Usher."
What is the burden of heritage or family curse?
Create a sentence with parallel structure using three adjectives to describe a house.
What is (answers may vary.)