Analogies
True or False: Connotation refers to a word's dictionary definition.
What is FALSE?
This text structure describes the characteristics/details of something.
What is description?
Simile, metaphor, or personification? The sheets were as cold as ice?
What is a simile?
Which word has a negative connotation: unique, strange, or individual?
What is strange?
This text structure discusses the similarities and differences between two or more things. Key words to look for: like/unlike, similarly, both, on the other hand
What is compare and contrast?
Jay examined the cheap jacket that was on sale. He felt the flimsy fabric and was immediately suspicious. He smirked at the sales person as they pushed him to try it on. He had been tricked into poor purchases before, and he didn't want to be a fool again. He decided to keep shopping and pass on the shabby coat.
What connotation does the reading passage have - positive, neutral, or negative?
What is negative?
This text structure explains events and the results that happen due to those events.
What is Cause & Effect?
Which word that means "costs very little" has a positive connotation?
cheap, bargain, stingy
What is bargain?
This structure describes a challenge or difficulty and the steps taken to resolve it.
What is problem and solution?
Simile, hyperbole, or onomatopoeia?
This backpack weighs A TON!!!
What is hyperbole?
thrifty : cheap :: brilliant : _____________
What is smart?
An idea or feeling that a word evokes is its....
What is connotation?
Mrs. Darden was not able to get the Smartboard to work. What type of conflict was she having?
What is individual (person) vs. technology?
This text structure describes events in the order that they occurred. (Hint - there are two different names for this - do you know both?)
What is sequence or chronological?
Onomatopoeia, metaphor, or personification?
The bees buzzed near the sunflowers.
What is onomatopoeia?