Q1+2 Review-Figuragtive Language, The Westing Game, RACES, Plot

Figurative Language is...?

• using two or more languages while speaking.

• speaking in shapes and other mathmatical figures.

• a way of expressing oneself that does not use a word's strict or realistic meaning.

• speaking or writing in a way that is the literal meaning of the words.

Pick the example of Hyperbole.

• This Quizizz is really boring.

• This Quizizz has a million questions.

• This Quizizz is easy.

• This Quizizz is difficult.

A metaphor is...?

• Comparing two, unlike things without using like or as.

• An over-exaggeration to make a point.

• Giving human-like characteristics to non human things.

• Where the story takes place.

Pick the Alliteration.

• It is raining cats and dogs.

• "Life is like a box of chocolates."

• "Boom!"

• Saly sells seashells down by the seashore.

A simile is...?

• Comparing two, unlike things with the words like or as.

• The opposite of a frown.

• Using the repetition of consonant sounds.

• Adding detail to a setting or character in a narrative.

"Boom!"

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

What is personification?

• Personally writing a story about yourself.

• Adding sounds to your writing.

• Giving human qualities or characteristics to objects or items.

• The process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long period is turned into a stony substance.

Pick the Oxymoron.

• Jumbo-Shrimp

• Silly String

• "Zap!"

• Strong as an Ox

What is an Idiom?

• A hard silvery metal.

• A phrase that does not mean what is says.

• Adding the same sounding consonants to the start of each word in a phrase.

• A big exageration for effect.

The start of the story where the setting and characters are introduced.

• The Introduction

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• The opening credits.