Figuratively Speaking
A comparison using like or as.
What is a Simile?
The struggle or problem within a plot.
What is Conflict?
What is the writing strategy you should use when responding to a TDA?
What is RACES?
When adding the suffix –able to the word prevent, the new word preventable means this.
What is able to be stopped?
When an author uses words or phrases to help the reader visualize the story, it is called this.
What is Imagery?
A comparison between two things
without using like or as
What is a Metaphor?
The lesson or moral of the story. The author gives clues to help the reader figure this out.
What is the Theme?
A way to narrow down options, when there are obvious wrong answers
What is Eliminate Distractors or process of elimination?
When adding the suffix –ly to the word courageous, the new word courageously means this.
What is in a brave manner?
Meaning suggested or implied by a word, separate from its dictionary definition. (It may have a positive or negative _____)
What is connotation?
Human characteristics are given to an animal or an object.
What is Personification?
The turning point in the narrative, the most exciting part.
What is the Climax?
On the multiple choice questions, you should read these after the directions and title.
What are The Questions?
The prefix anti- added to the word freeze makes the new word mean this.
What is against freezing?
Name 3 main purposes that authors write for.
Inform- fact based
Influence- persuade you to think a certain way
Entertain- to make you laugh, cry, feel suspense, or enjoy a story
Describe- carefully explains a topic with detail
Express- to pour out thoughts and feelings on a topic.
A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the reader is expected to be familiar.
What is Allusion?
The attitude of the author toward the audience and characters.
What is Tone?
If you tried everything else and still can not figure out the answer, research shows that you should…
What is Trust Your Instinct and make an educated guess?
The prefix super- added to the word sensitive makes the new word mean this
What is excessive emotions?
When you are unsure of the meaning of a word, you may use the ______ ______ in the sentence to figure out the possible meaning.
What is context clues?
Pairing opposites (e.g., "deafening silence") that creates contradictions that require lateral thinking.
What is an oxymoron?
A device in a story where an object represents an idea.
What is Symbolism?
The Text-Dependent Analysis question scores you on these three areas.
What is Comprehension, Writing, and Analysis?
The Greek root chron means time. The phrase chronic illness must mean this.
What is sick or ill over time?
After reading, a reader uses the information in a text to make a judgement. Doing so is called this.
What is Making an Inference?