Figurative Language
When you make an inference you make a reasonable conclusion based on clues from the text and this.
What is Prior Knowledge?
Microproteins -- single-domain proteins that bing target protein complexes -- are found in every human.
The paragraph pattern that uses dates and a story or gives step by step instructions is not list but this.
What is time order?
What are opinion words?
If the author's purpose is to make you laugh or simply enjoy yourself while reading, the author's purpose is to this.
What is entertain?
When a THING has human characteristics we call that this.
What is personification?
A deficit means there is not enough of something.
What is the best synonym for deficit?
Loss, Value, extra, sickness
What is loss?
When the main idea sentence has words like several, many, various, or a specific number, the paragraph pattern is not time, but this.
What is list order?
If a statement is measurable and verifiable it is this.
The author's purpose in the following line is ...
You're mama is so fat, when she sits around the house, she sits a - rouuuuund -- the house.
What is to entertain?
"I wandered along, lonely as a cloud." is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
Below is an example of this type of vocabulary clue.
"A box spring which is different from a platform raises the mattress about six inches."
What is a contrast clue?
"The reason that there are so many lantern flies is because you're supposed to smash them the minute you see them. If you don't they'll reproduce and grow!" is an example of this paragraph pattern.
What is cause and effect?
Sentences that start out with words like first, second, third, and another are probably this kind of detail.
Pessimistic, optimistic, bitter, warm, or pleasant are possible examples of an author's what?
What is tone?
"You're going away," "We went our separate ways," and "They let me go." are examples of this literary device.
What is Euphemism?
Calamities include hurricanes, fires, tornadoes, and floods. So another word for calamity is this.
What is a disaster?
This type of paragraph pattern is the opposite of the contrast pattern.
What is compare?
What are minor details?
The last time I ate a Jerry's restaurant the food was cold, the waitress was mean, it was too crowded, and we waited in line for an hour to get in. Is this tone:
matter-of-fact, critical, sentimental?
What is critical?
When Ana sings, "For the first time in forever ..." it is an example of this.
What is hyperbole?
"For example," "for instance," "including" are this kind of vocabulary clue.
What is an example clue?
What is classification?
In order to prove an argument, you must have a point and a lot of this.
Book and movie reviews are examples of what author purpose?