Figurative Language
The figurative language that compares two unlike things using like or as
What is A Simile
This genre is made up-meant to entertain you
What is fiction
The cake contains raisins dried apricots pineapple pieces walnuts and almonds.
What is-put a comma after raisins, dried apricots, pineapple pieces, walnuts,
This is a logical guess from your brain and what you just read.
What is an inference
This figurative language is an extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole
This genre is not made up, it is real
What is Nonfiction
Cassie was old enough barely to remember when her family moved from the farm to the apartment in the city.
What is barely old enough
This is how the text feels to the reader
What is Tone
This figurative language puts two contrasting words together to form one word-example: Jumboshrimp
What is an oxymoron
This subgenre of fiction seems real but has made up character
Although he had tripped the silent alarm, the robber was able to escape when he saw the security guard by jumping from a second-floor window.
What is by jumping from a second-floor window when he saw the security guard.
This is how the reader feels as they are reading the text
This figurative language is used to show the reader insight of what may happen later in the story
What is foreshadow
This subgenre is meant to inform you-it is full of facts
What is informational text
After an hour of hard work, we were finished stacking the hay bales in the loft of the barn; during that time, the farmer told us we were supposed to load them on the wagon.
What is afterward
This is why the author wrote the literary work
What is author's purpose
This figurative language uses the same sound at the beginning of each word-example: Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
What is alliteration
This subgenre is made up but contains historical aspects from history
What is historical fiction
I can't believe he said, I don't care!
What is-"I don't care!"
This is the main character of the story
What is a protagonist