Figurative Language
The type of figurative language that compares two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile
The author's position on a topic
What is claim
What are the two types of reasoning we learned about this year?
What are inductive and deductive reasoning?
When the narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you' or 'your'. The author could be talking to the audience as well.
What is second person point of view
The text feature that goes below a photograph or diagram to explain what it is showing
What is a caption
The type of figurative language that is a direct comparison, and does not use "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
The "why" to support the claim
what are reasons?
What type of reasoning is made up of two true facts that you can use to determine a more specific true fact?
what is deductive reasoning?
"We are not as close as we once were, at least not since the incident. We were sitting in science class when I looked at her notebook"
What is first person Point of view?
The text feature that shows important events in the order in which they occurred
what is a timeline
The type of figurative language that is an extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
Facts, examples, research, and professional testimony are all examples of what?
What is evidence?
"Every cat I have been around has purred, therefore all cats must purr" is an example of what type of reasoning?
What is inductive reasoning?
At Easter, many parents want to buy baby bunnies for their children. Baby bunnies are cute, but rabbits are not always good pets. Many rabbits end up at animal shelters because people do not know how to care for them. This year, the Rabbit Rescue Team has an idea. We are asking parents to buy stuffed bunnies for Easter, instead of real rabbits! Please visit your toy store instead of your pet store! What is the Purpose of this passage
What is to persuade?
The type of text feature that has an image showing a flower with all the labeled parts
What is a diagram?
"He has bigger fish to fry" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is an idiom?
"New research suggests the invasive pythons are behind the dramatic decline of the swamps' mammals, from rabbits to bobcats" is an example of what?
What is evidence?
The type of reasoning that takes two specific statements and makes a general conclusion based off of them
what is inductive reasoning?
A diagram showing the food web of a particular ecosystem would be an example of writing for which purpose?
What is to inform/explain
The way an author chooses to organize information in a text refers to its___
what is text structure?
"The grey clouds cried through the night" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
"The U.S. should raise the legal driving age to 18" is an example of
What is a claim?
What is deductive reasoning?
A story about a young girl who travels from England to the New World.
what is to entertain?
Cause and effect, and problem/ solution are two of the six main text structures. What are two more?
Compare and contrast, Description, Chronological order, or Sequence