Figurative Language
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Giving a non living objects human characteristics
What is personification?
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The Middle Ages, The Renaissance, The Scientific Revolution, The American Revolution, The French Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, World War I, Interwar Years, World War II, Cold War, Vietnam War
What is Chronological (sequential) Order?
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where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting?
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It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
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a struggle between a person or an outside force
What is external conflict?
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a direct comparison of two different things not using like or as
What is metaphor?
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Medicine has a history spanning many thousands of years and specialized establishments for treating the sick have also existed for eons. Despite the fact that function of hospitals have not changed much during the last century, technological and scientific progress has made possible treatment approaches that could not have been implemented a hundred years ago and made a large contribution to health care. The main differences between hospitals today and a century ago are improved surgical techniques, the safer use of anesthesia, and safer childbirth procedures.
What is compare and contrast?
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the turning point of a short story
What is climax?
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The reason why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose?
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a sign or warning of what's going to happen next
What is foreshadowing?
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an extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
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The soft fur of the dog felt like silk against my skin and her black coloring glistened as it absorbed the sunlight, reflecting it back as a perfect, deep, dark mirror.
What is description?
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the main events of a short story
What is plot?
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When you do not know the definition of a word and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
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visually descriptive or figurative language
What is imagery?
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the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia?
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Headaches can have several causes. Many people think that the major cause of headache is nervous tension, but there is strong evidence that suggests diet and environment as possible factors. Some people get headaches because they are dependent on caffeine. Other people may be allergic to salt, or they may have low blood sugar. Still other people are allergic to household chemicals including polishes, waxes, bug killers, and paint. If they can manage to avoid these substances, their headaches tend to go away. When a person has recurring headaches, it is worthwhile to look for the underlying cause, especially if the result of that search is freedom from pain.
What is cause and effect?
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the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme?
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The feeling the author wants the reader to get from the story.
What is mood?
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Using prior knowledge from what you learn in a text to make a guess as it what is going to happen.
What is inference?
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the repeated use of the same constant or sound at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
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Last week we installed a kitty door so that our cat could come and go as she pleases. Unfortunately, we ran into a problem. Our cat was afraid to use the kitty door. We tried pushing her through, and that caused her to be even more afraid. The kitty door was dark, and she couldn’t see what was on the other side. The first step we took in solving this problem was taping the kitty door open. After a couple of days, she was confidently coming and going through the open door. However, when we removed the tape and closed the door, once again, she would not go through. They say you catch more bees with honey, so we decided to use food as bait. We would sit next to the kitty door with a can of wet food and click the top of the can. When kitty came through the closed door, we would open the can and feed her. It took five days of doing this to make her unafraid of using the kitty door. Now we have just one last problem; our kitty controls our lives!
What is problem/solution?
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the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view?
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The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
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the type of essay where you will describe or analyze a topic
What is informative?