figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
Born in December, Started kinder garden, graduated kinder garden, went to elementary, went to middle school, started high school, graduated high school, got my first job, got my first car..
What is Chronological (sequential) Order?
where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
(POV)
I was walking to the park when I heard the ice cream truck, I ran back home to get my money because I really wanted a bomb pop.
What is First Person?
a direct comparison of two different things
What is metaphor
Medicine has a history spanning many thousands of years and specialized establishments for treating the sick have also existed for eons. Despite the fact that function of hospitals have not changed much during the last century, technological and scientific progress has made possible treatment approaches that could not have been implemented a hundred years ago and made a large contribution to health care. The main differences between hospitals today and a century ago are improved surgical techniques, the safer use of anesthesia, and safer childbirth procedures.
What is compare and contrast?
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax
(POV)
As you buckle your seatbelt, safety instructions are broadcasted over the inflight system. A stewardess models the actions in sync with the broadcast. You turn to your right. An extremely rotund man is snoring. He looks like is about to fall onto your shoulder. You look to your left. You see a man with a mohawk is listening to loud punk music. You can hear it as though you were the one wearing the headphones. You sigh and pull up your tray table as instructed.
What is Second Person?
The meeting completely slipped my mind
What is an Idiom?
The soft fur of the dog felt like silk against my skin and her black coloring glistened as it absorbed the sunlight, reflecting it back as a perfect, deep, dark mirror.
What is descriptive?
the main events of a short story
What is plot
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
*scene*
As I go outside I look to the sky and it is a dark gray, the wind feels like it is going to sweep me off my feet and the rain has torn through multiple rooms I'm sure of it. Just then my uncle Bob come out and tells me "Great weather huh Billy?
What is Verbal Irony?
Headaches can have several causes. Many people think that the major cause of headache is nervous tension, but there is strong evidence that suggests diet and environment as possible factors. Some people get headaches because they are dependent on caffeine. Other people may be allergic to salt, or they may have low blood sugar. Still other people are allergic to household chemicals including polishes, waxes, bug killers, and paint. If they can manage to avoid these substances, their headaches tend to go away. When a person has recurring headaches, it is worthwhile to look for the underlying cause, especially if the result of that search is freedom from pain.
What is cause and effect?
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
What is mood?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is inference?
Last week we installed a kitty door so that our cat could come and go as she pleases. Unfortunately, we ran into a problem. Our cat was afraid to use the kitty door. We tried pushing her through, and that caused her to be even more afraid. The kitty door was dark, and she couldn’t see what was on the other side. The first step we took in solving this problem was taping the kitty door open. After a couple of days, she was confidently coming and going through the open door. However, when we removed the tape and closed the door, once again, she would not go through. They say you catch more bees with honey, so we decided to use food as bait. We would sit next to the kitty door with a can of wet food and click the top of the can. When kitty came through the closed door, we would open the can and feed her. It took five days of doing this to make her unafraid of using the kitty door. Now we have just one last problem; our kitty controls our lives!
What is problem/solution?
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________
What is analogy