Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word:

For many animals, snooping and spying can mean the difference between a full stomach and starvation. Some creatures, like the rattlesnake, spy on the habits of their prey. Others intercept private communication and think of the signals as a call to supper.

What is the first part of a narrative? The beginning of the story; typically introduces the characters, setting, and basic information?

What type of figurative language is the following sentence and what is?

My love is like a red, red rose?

What is the literal meaning of the following piece of figurative language?

My love is like a red, red, rose.

What type of figurative language is in the following sentence?

Zachary zeroed in on zoo keeping.

Using the three definitions below, determine the meaning of the root word -spec:

inspect: to look closely at something

inspector: an official employed to ensure that official regulations are obeyed

spectator: someone who watches/observes an event

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence and what is its

literal meaning?

I was in a hurry to get my math

homework done, so I just wrote some

of the answers down, even though it

said to show my work. Later, after dad

checked it, he told me to fix my

worksheet, and to not cut corners.

Based on the following excerpt from a novel,

what genre of book is this excerpt from?

“They didn’t keep their gold in the house, boy!

Nah, first stop fer us is Gringotts. Wizards’ bank.

Have a sausage, they’re not bad cold – an’ I

wouldn’ say no the a bit o’ yer birthday cake,

neither.”

“Wizards have banks?”

“Just the one one. Gringotts. Run by goblins.”

Harry dropped the bit of sausage he was

holding.

“Goblins?”

Use context clues to determine the

meaning of the underlined word:

I was going on to tell him a lot more

about Fred, who had always been

one of my warmest friends, when he

suddenly got hold of a stick and

walloped me with it.

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence?

They fought like cats and dogs.

What is the literal meaning of the figurative language below?

They fought like cats and dogs.

Use the definitions of the following words, determine the meaning of the root word-hydr

hydrate: to absorb water

dehydrate: not having enough water

hydrant: an upright water pipe, especially one in a street, for a fire hose

Use context clues to determine the

meaning of the underlined word:

After all, dogs evolved from wolves,

which are highly social animals.

What is the author’s claim in the following

statement:

Smoke detectors save lives. However, they can’t

do their job if they’re not kept in working order.

Smoke detectors are usually wired into the ceiling

and rely on household electric power. Detectors

need to be properly connected and regularly

tested. Battery-powered ones usually sound an

alert – often a repeated “chirp” – when the

batteries are low and need to be replaced. This

type also needs regular testing.

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence and what is its

literal meaning?

Keanu was blue when his goldfish

died.

Use context clues to determine the

meaning of the underlined word:

Yet earth against earth was the cause

of all their problems. When the sea

floor ruptured, trillions of tons of water

were instantly pushed up 40 feet by

the rising land.

Using the definitions of the following

words, determine the meaning of the

root word -oct

Octagon: a shape with eight sides

Octopus: a cephalopod mollusk with eight sucker-bearing arms

Octuplet: one of eight children born at one birth

What point of view is the following

excerpt?

“If you are interested in stories with

happy endings, you would be better

off reading some other book. In this

book, not only is there no happy

ending, there is no happy beginning

and very few happy things in the

middle” (The Bad Beginning by

Lemony Snicket).

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence and what is its

literal meaning?

I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

Using the definitions of the following

words, determine the meaning of the

root words -vis -vid

Video: the recording, reproducing, or broadcasting of moving

visual images

Vision: the faculty or state of being able to see.

Television: a system for transmitting visual images and sound that are reproduced on screens

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence?

The words appeared to leap off of the

paper as she read the story.

Based on the following excerpt from a novel,

what genre of book is this excerpt from? Provide

evidence to support your answer:

“German soldiers filled the streets of Krakow.

They marched in their smart gray uniforms with

their legs locked straight and thrown out in front of

them the way ducks walk. It was silly, but eerie at

the same time. There were so many of them, all

marching in time together, their shiny green

helmets and polished black jackboots glinting in

the sun. Each of the soldiers wore a greatcoat

and a pack on his back, and they carried rifles

over their shoulders and bayonets at their sides.”

What point of view is the following excerpt?

“He began his new life standing up, surrounded

by cold darkness and stale, dusty air.

Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder

shook the floor beneath him. He fell down at the

sudden movement and shuffled backward on

his hands and feet, drops of sweat beading on

his forehead despite the cool air” (James

Dashner, The Maze Runner).

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence?

The run down house appeared

depressed.

What is the last part of a story called where the author ties up loose ends and the conflict is resolved.

What type of figurative language is the

following sentence?

The sheep went, “Baa.”

Based on the following excerpt from a novel,

what genre of book is this excerpt from?

“Okay, back to the down under, right? My room

in the basement. Scuttle into your dim hole in the

ground, Maxwell dear. Big goon like you, growing

about an inch a day, and this midget kid, this

crippled little humanoid, he actually scared you.

Not the kind of scare that makes your knee bones

feel like water, more the kid of scare where you

go whoa! I don’t understand this, I don’t get it,

what’s going on?”