Power Words #11
Spelling and Vocab Quiz on Friday, April 17
Word/Phrase
Part of
Speech
Definition
Example of the figurative
language word:
1) alliteration
noun
like a rhyme, only with the
sounds at the BEGINNING
of words
Zany zebras zigzagged through
the zoo.
2) allusion
verb
a reference to another text
“Don’t act like a Romeo in front
of her.” – “Romeo” is a reference
to Shakespeare’s Romeo from
“Romeo and Juliet.”
3) hyperbole
adjective
4) metaphor
adjective
5)
personification
noun
6) pun
adjective
7) repetition
verb
8) rhyme
noun
exaggeration, saying more
than the literal truth
a comparison between two
things, indirectly stated
a metaphor comparing an
animal or object to a human
I am so hungry I can eat a
horse!
Her eyes were fireflies.
The buses can be impatient
around here.
using two different
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow
meanings of a word or
is a mystery, but today is a gift.
phrase at the exact same
That is why it is called the
time
present.” – Kung Fu Panda
repeating; repeats the same “I’m nobody! Who are you?
words or phrases a few
Are you nobody too?”
times to make an idea
Emily Dickinson used “nobody” to
emphasize her point in her poem.
clearer
I do this deed
same ENDING sound in
with lightning speed
words
or I have freed
Horse Rhyme by Rex Miller
9) simile
verb
10)
noun
understatement
a comparison between two
things, directly stated using
“like” or “as”
saying less than the literal
truth
The bottle rolled off the table
like a teardrop.
In Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, Holden
Caulfield says: “I
have to have this
operation. It isn’t very serious. I
have this tiny little tumor on
the brain.” Having a tumor in the brain
is a serious issue, which has been
understated in the above statement.
Assignment #1: Write all vocab words 3 times each. You must spell them correctly.
Due: Friday, April 10, 2015.
Assignment #2: Write an example for each figurative language word. Due: Friday, April 10, 2015.
Spelling Rule #8—reprise
On your quiz, you can earn a bonus by correctly writing a dictated sentence that uses this week’s
spelling rule.
which
This word is not spelled as whitch, witch, or wich. It is spelled which.
The word which NEVER begins a sentence. It should be attached to a previous sentence,
with a comma.
Wrong: The Patriots won which is a cause for celebration.
Wrong: The Patriots won. Which is a cause for celebration.
Right: The Patriots won, which is a cause for celebration.
Power Idioms #11
On your quiz, you can earn bonus points by writing examples that correctly use the two idioms.
Word/Phrase
1) draw the
line
2) have a
bone to pick
with you
What It Literally
Means
set a specific limit,
especially about
behavior
to have an
argument or
unpleasant matter
to settle with
someone
Example
You can make as much noise as you want, but I
draw the line at fighting.
I have a bone to pick with you. Did you eat the
apple pie I was saving for my dessert?
How to Study: Think of an example (fiction or nonfiction) one or both of the idioms.
Be prepared to explain it the day of the test.