Crossover- Theme and Figurative Language

Crossover- Theme and Figurative Language

by Candace Gold

​Topic vs. Theme

• ​What is the difference?

• ​Topics can help you find theme

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice is an example of a topic?

• Caring about your neighbor

• Trust

• Treat others like you want to be treated

• Paying attention in the book

Multiple Choice

Which answer choice is an example of a theme?

• Love

• Josh's mom loves him.

• Love is a powerful emotion.

• Honesty

​But.... WAIT. How do I find the theme?

• ​Think about the characters

• ​What problems do the characters face?

• ​What do they learn?

• ​Look for a topic

  • What did you learn about that topic?

Multiple Choice

What should you look at to find the theme of a story?

• What happens in the beginning of the book and story

• The characters and plot

• The main idea of the story

​Figurative Language

• ​Metaphor

• ​Simile

• ​Personification

• ​Onomatopeia

• ​Alliteration

• ​Hyperbole

• ​Idiom

​Idioms

• ​a saying that has a different meaning than the literal meaning

• ​Examples:

  • "When pigs fly"

  • ​"Costs an arm and a leg"

  • ​"She spilled the beans"

Multiple Choice

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to finish my test before class ended.

• personification
• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

Don't be a stick in the mud! 

• idiom
• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor

Multiple Choice

"My monkey is making me mighty mad" is an example of what?

• simile
• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• alliteration

Multiple Choice

"The double-team is still on me like feathers on a bird" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Choice

"Our seats are in the clouds" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

"... and takes the break KABOOM" is an example of what type of figurative language?

• Onomatopeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Multiple Choice

"Now he's hail and blizzard" is what type of figurative language?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Idiom