Figurative Language
A word that sounds like or means the same thing as it's name.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.
What is the exposition?
Sarah's car was dead on the side of the road. What was she going to do? She had already gotten off to a rough start when her alarm clock had failed to go off that morning. School started in just under an hour. Suddenly, it dawned on her that she had subscribed to OnStar the month before. With the simple press of a button she was able to get help jump-starting her battery and made it to class right on time!
What is Problem / Solution?
descriptive language that uses the five senses to create a mental picture in the reader’s mind
What is sensory language / imagery?
Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.
What is Personification?
The part of a story that reveals the solution or suggests an outcome.
Resolution
Gives characteristics or traits about a person, place or thing.
What is descriptive?
What is the purpose of the following passage? Butterflies are colorful, flying insects from the Lepidoptera order. Because they are insects, they have three body parts. The three body parts are called the head, thorax, and abdomen. They also have six jointed legs, two antennae and compound eyes.
What is To inform?
Compares two things using like or as.
What is Simile?
Listing events or explaining steps in order.
What is Sequence/Chronological?
What would be the author's purpose when writing fiction novels?
What is to entertain?
instructions written by the playwright that tell how the actors should look, move, and speak. They also describe the setting, sound effects, and lighting and are usually printed italics and enclosed within [brackets]
What is stage directions?
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is Hyperbole?
Sean and Brad are best friends. They have been going to the same school since kindergarten and have bonded over their love of sports. However, Sean's favorite sport is football while Brad prefers basketball.
What is Compare and Contrast?
the pattern formed by the rhyming words at the ends of line
What is rhyme scheme?
imaginative language used to express ideas, create meaning, and add dramatic effect; it is not meant to be interpreted literally
John was an ox as he rolled the boulder up the steep hill.
What is Metaphor?
What is the climax of a story?
The most intense or extreme part of a story.
The summer had been extra hot with very little rain to relieve the thirsty earth. There were cracks in the ground that looked like someone might fall into. People neglected their lawns because no plant was motivated to be green or grow.
What is Cause / Effect?
The paragraph in a poem
What is stanza?
a statement of the main idea/details in a text. BME is used to find this.
What is a summary?