FIG LANG
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing, typically using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
What strategy should you use when summarizing a text?
BME (beginning, middle, end) and/or CPR (character, problem, solution)
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
What is author's purpose?
a grouped set of lines within a poem
What is a stanza?
I, me, we, our, mine, ourselves are all examples you'll find in what point of view?
What is 1st person point of view?
What is a metaphor?
a figure of speech that compares two things or says one is the other, does not use the words “like” or “as”
What does CPR stand for?
Character, Problem, Resolution
the most important information or key points about the topic
What is main idea?
Instead of sentences, in poems we call them -
What are lines?
A thesis statement is what you believe and what you are going to explain/prove in your writing responses.
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is a hyperbole?
A struggle between opposing forces that drives the action of the story and advances the plot
What is conflict?
a particular item of information that supports an idea or contributes to an overall main idea of the text
What are supporting details?
What should you do after you read each stanza in a poem?
Paraphrase (write what you think it means in your own words)
a dependent and an independent clause.
Giving a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form
What is personification?
Bossy, Honest, Friendly, Selfish, Generous are all examples of -
What are character traits?
What is description, sequence, cause & effect, compare & contrast, problem & solution
The central message, life lesson, or moral learned in the story
What is theme?
What should you provide on every short and extended constructed response?
TEXT EVIDENCE! or RACE
The hungry students probably would have continued eating right on through the lunch table had it not been for the bell
What is hyperbole?
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
People, Places, Problem, Outcome
What is the meaning of this simile: "My father has eyes like a hawk."
The father sees everything that happens.
Where does the comma belong in a compound sentence?