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Clue: This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using “like” or “as.”
Simile
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.
Tone
The message or lesson the author wants readers to understand.
Theme
A statement or position that the author is trying to prove.
Claim
Hints in the text that help readers determine a word’s meaning.
context clues?
“The classroom was a zoo.” This is an example of this figurative language.
Metaphor
The feeling created for the reader.
Mood
The main idea mostly found in informational texts
Central Idea
Facts, examples, quotations, and details used to support a claim.
evidence
: To explain something thoroughly using details from the text.
Analyze
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things is called this.
Personification
Repeated use of sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
Alliteration
The sequence of events in a story.
Plot
The explanation of how the evidence supports the claim.
reasoning
To support an answer using text evidence.
Cite
“Boom!” “Crash!” and “Buzz!” are examples of this figurative language.
Onomatopoeia
A reference to another text, person, or historical event.
Allusion
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
Conflict
Information that proves the opposite side wrong.
To determine or figure out based on clues from the text.
infer
This figurative language intentionally exaggerates for emphasis.
Hyperbole
An object, character, or event that represents a deeper meaning.
Symbolism
The point in the story with the highest tension.
Climax
The feelings or associations connected to a word.
Connotation
This type of irony occurs when readers know something the characters do not.
dramatic irony