Narrative Elements - Details

The bard, a musician's title in days of old, played the shawm, and the crowd danced to the music he played.

What does the word "shawm" mean?

• a bar or tavern

• a musical instrument

• a house

• a scarf

What are words that evoke the reader's senses?

• Sensory details

• Dramatic details

• Dialogue

• Context clues

The following example is an example of what type of figurative language:

As the kid walked through the crowd, the crowd parted like the Red Sea.

• Metaphor

• Sensory details

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

The word that means the opposite of another word is known as ...

• Synonym

• Context Clue

• Detail

• Antonym

What does "remblai" mean?

The construction workers piled the dirt high into a nice remblai that my Grand Theft Auto car could ramp off in order to get onto the roof of the nearby building.

• A mound of dirt

• A plastic ramp

• A video game

• A pile of money

What is a good antonym of the word "malice?"

The girl looked with malice at the boy who cheated on her.

• Hatred

• Wonder

• Friendliness

• Mercy

Which word could replace "good" in the sentence to make the sentence more descriptive?

A good friend is one who will stand up for you even with others are talking negatively about you.

• Adequate

• Big

• Long

• Loyal

What figurative language is used in the following sentence:

His breath was horrid, like an old garlic pizza that had been left in the rain and then baked in the sun.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

What figurative language is used in the following sentence:

Susanna was a tank in the way she could plow ahead and accomplish her goal.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Allusion

A phrase that is used to compare one thing to another by saying that one thing IS another thing is what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Allusion

• Personification