Summer Recap

Which of these things is not related to the "theme" in a story?

• how a character is feeling
• a "life lesson" the main character learns
• a big idea that people from any culture or any place can understand
• the moral of the story

What is the main difference between THEME and MAIN IDEA. 

• Theme is a universal lesson, and main idea is what a story is about.
• Theme is what a story is about, and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.
  

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simlie
• Metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?
My big brother is a couch potato.

• simile
• metaphor

When two unlike things are being compared using like or as, it is called a

• simile
• hyperbole
• idiom
• metaphor

Identify the simile.

• The tree danced in the wind.
• She is as tall as a tree!
• That cat is the devil.
• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

She was so pretty my eyes popped out!

• Onomatopia
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Hiperbole

Is this a hyperbole?
Harold ate a large sandwich for lunch.

• yes
• no

It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

• Hyperbole
• Not a hyperbole