Figurative Language
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the Sea Shore
Alliteration
Step one of answering a writing question
Restate the answer
What do we do while we read a passage?
ANNOTATE
In a drama, these words are usually italicized or in [brackets]
Stage directions
Choose the correct sentence:
a) Who's pants are these?
b) Whose pants are these?
B
A comparison using "like" or "as"
simile
Step 2 of answering a writing question
Answer the question
What is a strategy to use while you go through each answer choice
Process of elimination
The way feelings are expressed by the author in a story
Tone
Is this comma placement correct, yes or no?:
I was hungry so, I ate lunch.
No
Hyperbole
Step 3 of answering a writing question
Cite text evidence
Even if your room is done testing, is it okay to talk?
NO! Not until admin gives the okay
The moral or message of a story
Theme
choose the correct sentence:
a) That is their coffee!
b) That is they're coffee!
Giving human attributes to inhuman things
Personification
Step 4 of answering a writing question
Explain how the evidence supports your answer
All day!
What a story is mostly about
Main/central idea
What is the best way to combine the 2 sentences:
I went to the beach.
The beach was stinky.
I went to the stinky beach.
When the story hints about something that will happen in the future
Foreshadowing
List at least one writing no-no word
like, maybe, probably, cool, I guess, whatever, lol, i, things, kind of, stuff
Does a test decide if you are a good person?
No, it is just a test! All we can do is our best
The atmosphere of a story, how the reader feels
Mood
Fragment or full sentence?:
Almost everyone in the world.
Fragment