How an author organizes text
Tells all about something.
What is description?
The lesson in a story.
What is the moral?
Lines in a poem work together to make these.
What is stanzas?
Comparing to unlike things using the words like or as.
Example: She was as busy as a bee.
What is a simile?
An extra heading to give additional information
What is a subheading?
To show how things are alike or different.
What is compare and contrast?
The author’s attitude toward the subject or toward the reader
What is tone?
The repeated use of some aspect of language.
What is repetitition?
The repeated use of a sound in a group of words.
What is alliteration?
A picture that shows or labels the parts of something.
What is a diagram?
To show the reasons and outcomes when things happen.
What is cause and effect?
The picture in a person’s mind about what is happening in a text.
What is visualize?
The pattern of rhymes in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
A comparison that does not use like or as. Example: A heart of stone.
What is a metaphor?
Words that mean the same thing
What are synonyms?
Tells an issue and what is done to solve it.
What is problem and solution?
The atmosphere or feeling of a written work.
What is mood?
A pattern of strong beats in speech or writing
What is rhythm?
Giving human characteristics to animals or objects
What is personification?
Words that mean the opposite
What are antonyms?
Text written in order events happen and sometimes contain dates.
What is chronological order?
Language that helps the reader understand how something looks, smells, tastes, sounds or feels
What is sensory language?
The use of language that gives words a meaning beyond their usual definitions in order to add beauty or force.
What is figurative language?
A phrase whose meaning differs from what it actually says
What is an idiom?
Words or phrases near an unknown word that help to determine the words meaning.
What are context clues?