Figurative Language
This is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This term refers to the process of giving credit to the original author when using their ideas or work in your own writing.
What is citing or citation?
What is the lesson of the story, what the author is trying to teach you?
What is theme?
The main idea of the story?
What is central idea?
A fairy tale, such as "Cinderella," where readers can learn moral lessons about kindness and forgiveness, is likely written to do this.
What is to entertain and teach a lesson?
"He runs like the wind." This sentence compares his speed to what?
What is the wind? (Answer in the form of the comparison: "What is like the wind?")
This is an example of evidence where you take someone else’s ideas or words and express them in your own words, but still need to give credit to the original author.
What is paraphrasing?
This theme focuses on how characters cope with the loss of someone or something important.
What is grief?
A book about a young girl whose boyfriend breaks up with her. What would the central idea be.
What is heart break?
A speech given by a politician about the importance of voting would primarily have this purpose.
What is to persuade?
The sentence "Time is a thief" is an example of what figurative language?
What is a metaphor?
If you use a direct quote from a source, this punctuation mark is used at the beginning and end of the quoted material to show it is someone else’s exact words.
What are quotation marks?
In works like "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, this theme is about survival in extreme conditions, often pitting characters against each other.
What is survival?
In a story about a character who learns to value friendship after a difficult time, the central idea might emphasize this.
What is appreciate what you have?
A textbook chapter explaining the causes of the Civil War is most likely written with this purpose.
What is to inform?
"I’m so hungry I could eat a horse." What type of figurative language is used here?
What is hyperbole?
If you use a source and forget to give credit to the original author, you could be accused of this.
What is plagiarism?
This theme is often found in stories about characters overcoming hardships and finding hope or peace in the end.
What is perseverance?
This type of central idea focuses on how a character’s actions or decisions affect others. A common example is seen in stories about kindness or bullying.
What is the impact of actions on others?
If an author includes many fun, exciting events, characters with humorous traits, and describes situations that make you laugh, their purpose is likely to do this.
What is to entertain?
The phrase “to spill the beans” means to do what?
What is to reveal a secret?
How to write where the evidence was found?
What is page # and/or paragraph #?
In many fantasy stories, characters struggle between good and evil forces, reflecting this larger, universal conflict.
What is the battle between good and evil?
In the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare,"
What is the central idea is that slow and steady wins the race.
If an author is presenting reasons and arguments to convince the reader that a school dress code should be changed, their purpose is likely to do this.
What is to persuade?