Figurative Language
When you give lifelike qualities to something that is not living.
Personification
The point that the author is trying to get across about a topic.
Central Idea
Organizational Pattern
How does Line 1 contribute to the theme of the poem? What does contribute mean?
to add to
A comma signals you to _________.
Pause
Hyperbole
Which rhetorical appeal is reinforced by the authority of an author as an expert in the subject
Ethos
Name three types of Text Structure
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Pros and Cons
Description
Compare and Contrast
Sequence
What is the author trying to convey in passage one?What does convey mean?
trying to tell you
A poem that has 14 lines and the final couplet has a twist
a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal definition of its individual words
Idiom
The reason an author writes a story or passage.
Author's Purpose
What are the 5 stages of plot (in order)?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
The tone of a word is known as its ____________
The set patterns at the end of a rhyme in a poem
Rhyme schemes
Comparing two things without using the words like or as
Metaphor
The message, moral, or lesson of a story.
An educated guess based on your background knowledge and evidence from the story
Inference
A word that has more than one meaning
a multiple meaning word
A poem that is a made up of tercets and has 19 lines.
Villanelle
Ouch!! That hurt. Ouch is an example of this figurative language
Onomatopoeia
The author's attitude toward a subject or topic.
Where and when a story takes place
setting
Another word for problem in the story
Which rhetorical appeal is supported by facts, statistics, and quotations
Logos