Literary Elements and Figurative Language

theme

• time and place of a story

• moral or lesson

• what the selection is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

main idea

• time and place of a story

• moral or lesson

• what the selection is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

setting

• time and place of a story

• moral or lesson

• what the selection is mostly about

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

simile

• She is as busy as a beaver.

• His desk is a garbage dump.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• This bag weighs a ton!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

metaphor

• She is as busy as a beaver.

• His desk is a garbage dump.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• This bag weighs a ton!

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

hyperbole

• She is as busy as a beaver.

• His desk is a garbage dump.

• The leaves danced in the wind.

• This bag weighs a ton!

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Match the text structure to the correct text.

• The room was green with a white ceiling.

• Problem / Solution

• Tim was nice, but Bob was mean.

• Compare and Contrast

• It snowed, so we had a delay.

• Description

• Ben failed. He should study more.

• Chronological

  Order

• First, he ran. Then he jumped.

• Cause and Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Find the antonym of hot.

• burning

• warm

• cold

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

Find a synonym for beautiful.

• plain

• ugly

• pretty

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.L.5.5C

What is the meaning of bank as it is used in the following sentence: He fished from the bank of the river.

• the side of a river

• a place for money

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C