Poetry
Identify the type of figurative language
Definition: is a comparison between two different things using the word “like” or “as” to make the comparison.
Example: The bottle rolled off the table like a teardrop.
Simile
What is the author's purpose of informational text?
To inform
What the protagonist learns is called the____
Theme
A person who writes plays is called a_____.
Playwright
I can fly, but I am not alive. I am not heavy. I can be shaped like a diamond, but I can be other shapes too. I have a long string.
What am I?
A Kite.
Identify the type of figurative language
Definition: a comparison between two unlike things not using the word “like” or “as.”
Example: Her eyes were fireflies.
Metaphor
These include the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions, and labeled diagrams.
Text Features
________is the sequence of events where each affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.
Plot
_____is an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting. We normally see the in brackets [ ].
Stage directions
We are dry and hard. We can be very small. Farmers put us in the soil. We need water.
What are we?
Seeds
Click-clack, click-clack, the hour is chill, The dead coach climbs the distant hill.
Which techniques are being used (list two or more)?
Alliteration, Consonance, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme, and/or Rhythm
Alliteration, Repetition, and Rhythm
What is the text structure?
Signal Words first, second, third, then, next, before, after, finally, following
Tips Ask yourself: Is this event taking place over time?
Look for steps or references to time such as dates.
Sequence
_______something between one or more characters that must be solved by the end of the story.
Problem
____is conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie
Dialogue
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald.
Which poetic element includes language that appeals to all of the human senses, including sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
Hint: Paints a picture in your head.
Imagery
What is the text structure?
Signal Words such as, for instance, in addition, also, specifically
Tips Ask yourself: what specific person, place, thing, or idea is being described?
Look for a topic word or phrase and for synonyms.
Description
________is the point at which the highest level of interest and emotional response is achieved.
Climax
The person who tells what happens during the play.
Narrator
David’s parents have three sons: Snap, Crackle, and what’s the name of the third son?
David
I'm a lean dog, a keen dog, a wild dog, and lone; I'm a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own; I'm a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly sheep; I love to sit and bay the moon, to keep fat souls from sleep.
What is the tone of the excerpt above?
Independent/ Strong
What is the text structure?
Signal Words since, because, if, due to, as a result of, causes, leads to, consequently, therefore, then
Tips Ask yourself: what happened and why did it happen?
Remember, you are looking for a cause, not a solution.
Cause and Effect
_________is the process of building a unique, three-dimensional character with depth, personality, and clear motivations. Can also refer to the changes a character undergoes over the course of a story as a result of their actions and experiences.
Character development
The text in a play that tells the actors what to say and do.
Script
You see me once in June, twice in November and not at all in May. What am I?
The letter "e"