Figurative Language
The type of figurative language seen in this example: "The snow is a white blanket covering the ground."
What is metaphor?
The part of an essay designed to catch the audience's attention
What is the hook?
This type of literature attempts to explain events in the natural world. Many of our examples come from the Greeks and Romans.
What is a myth?
Time and place of a story
What is the setting?
What the letters PIE stand for when talking about an author's purpose
What are persuade, inform, and entertain?
The type of figurative language seen in this example: "My favorite baseball player was up to bat. CRACK!! He hit the ball with all his power and made a homerun!"
What is onomatopoeia?
This part of an essay is used to summarize or restate the main points and provide the audience with a call to action.
What is the conclusion?
This genre of literature involves true events and people.
What is nonfiction?
The part of the plot that gives background information, usually at the beginning of the story
What is the exposition?
The use of language that appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
The type of figurative language seen in this example: "The tree danced in the cool, refreshing breeze."
What is personification?
Words that are used to connect ideas within or across paragraphs within a piece of writing are called...
What are transition words?
This type of literature involveds exaggerated tales about a person who may have actually lived.
What is a tall tale?
The events in the story leading up to the climax
What is the rising action?
Authors purpose in writing a newspaper article or science text book.
What is to inform?
The type of figurative language seen in this example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
This type of writing allows an author to share their opinion about a product or experience with the goal of persuading readers to try it or avoid it.
What is a review?
This genre of literature is meant to be performed on a stage in front of an audience.
What is drama?
The end of the story, in which the conflict is usually resolved
What is the resolution?
Giving you clues about what to expect in the rest of the story
What is foreshadowing?
The type of figurative language seen in this example: "I ran like a cheetah in the 50 yard dash."
What is simile?
This sentence, located within the introduction paragraph, tells the reader what the main points of the essay will be.
What is the thesis statement.
This genre of literature includes limericks, haikus, and ballads.
What is poetry?
The humans or animals who carry out the action of a story
What are the characters?
The message that an author wants you to take away from a story.
What is the theme?