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Figurative Language
Dictionary Skills
Literary Elements
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100
A story that is made up or not true.
What is fiction?
100
Comparing two things. "The leaves are little yellow fish swimming in the river".
What is a metaphor?
100
Where reference book would you use to locate a synonym for the word - fantastic?
Thesaurus
100
The turning point or most intense part of the plot. Often results in a change for the main character.
What is the climax?
100
To inform, to persuade, to entertain.
What is the author's purpose?
200
A story about a person's life, written by that person.
What is autobiography?
200
"The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow".
What is personification?
200
Which word would you locate on the page using the guide words [ministries - misanthropy]? A. misbehave B. miraculous C. minimum D. minesweeper
B. miraculous
200
The problem in the story. It can be an internal problem, like "should I tell the truth, or lie?" or an external problem such as Batman fighting The Joker.
What is the conflict?
200
Figurative language where the formation of a word comes from a sound associated with that word. For example "screech", "thump", "meow"
What is an onomatopoeia?
300
Point of view where the author uses the pronouns such as I, me, my.
What is first person point of view?
300
"They fought like cats and dogs".
What is simile?
300
Which of the following could be the guide words for "thunderstorm"? A. thyroid - timber B. theory - thorn C. think - thumb D. throw - tick
D. throw - tick throw thUnderstorm tIck
300
A message about life that you take away from the book. Sometimes known as the life lesson or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
300
"Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach..." is an example of what type of sensory imagery?
Smell - "sea-scented"
400
A true story about a real person, place, or event.
What is non fiction?
400
The pattern of rhyming at the end of lines in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
400
In your dictionary, what page is the word "philosophical" on?
Page 563 (bottom left)
400
The message that the author wants to send in a piece of writing. It is sometimes called the life lesson or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
400
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
500
When an author writes a true account of someone else's life.
What is a biography?
500
The repetition of sound at the beginning of words. For example: Sarah won the race, but it was neck in neck.
What is alliteration?
500
Using your dictionary, what is the origin of the word "equilibrium"?
Latin
500
Reveals the outcome of the problem and sometimes ends with a surprise.
What is the resolution?
500
What is the main idea of the paragraph below? Most children have an interest in learning to play a musical instrument at one point during their growing-up years. Parents need to take advantage of that urge to play when it appears. Some very small children become intrigued with music because they see their parents or siblings play. Elementary-aged youngsters often are exposed to stringed instruments or band instruments in their school music classes.
Most children have an interest in playing an instrument.