figurative language
similie
a particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.
sequence
Sometimes a word's or phrase's meaning is explained immediately after its use.
Definition/Explanation Clues
We can see his house over.....
there
The soup is .... hot
too
The sheets hanging on the clothesline danced in the wind
personification
spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
description
Sometimes a hard word or phrase is said in a simple way
Restatement/Synonym Clues
... planning to go on vacation in November.
They're
It's .... o'clock in the morning.
two
The mouse went squeak as it ran across the room.
onomatopoeia
the order in which the events occurred, from first to last.
chronological order
words with opposite meanings.
Contrast/Antonym Clues
It's... house
their
I like cake better ... pie.
than
He has bigger fish to fry
idiom
compare and contrast
The reader must look for clues within, before, and after the sentence in which the word is used
Inference/General Context Clues
We're going .... Liverpool next week.
to
First I went to the store, and ... I got gas.
then
Life is a highway.
metaphor
a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue
problem/solution
the marks, such as period, comma, and parentheses, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.