figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
Narrative writing follows ____ structure
Plot
This sentence tells us what the paragraph will be about
Topic sentence
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
comparing two things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
Her hair was as golden as the sun
What is a simile?
These three things must be included in your intro for narrative writing
Who? (the main characters)
When? (Time it took place)
Where? (Setting of the story)
This type of paragraph includes the hook, background, and thesis/claim
What is an intro paragraph?
What does it mean to make an inference?
make a guess or form an idea based on a story, a photo, etc.
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
It was so cold that the trees were shivering and the birds put on extra socks
What is personification
Narrative writing needs dialogue. What is dialogue?
When one or more characters speaks to each other
This type of paragraph includes a reason, evidence, commentary, and closing sentence
What is a body paragraph
a fact or question to engage the reader, or get the reader's attention
What is a hook?
words that mean the opposite
What is an antonym?
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
Climax
These punctuation marks are what we use around our evidence so that we aren't stealing someone else's work.
What are quotation marks?
A connection between our reasons and our evidence
What is commentary?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is making an inference?
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
Sally Sells Seashells By The Sea Shore
What is alliteration
Come up with a sensory phrase for two of the 5 senses sense (ex. sight- the light flickered)
Answers vary
The organization of the 4 elements of an argumentative body paragraph.
1. topic sentence/reason
2. Evidence
3. Commentary
4. Closing sentence
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
Words that mean the same thing
What is a synonym?