Figurative Language
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using "like" or "as".
What is a Simile
words that mean the same as another are called
What is synonym?
The term used to make an educated guess based on evidence
What is inference
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Who wrote "Perfect Chemistry"?
Who is Simone Elkeles?
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is compared to an object or action.
What is a Metaphor?
Having just enough, but not too much.
What is sufficient?
The words around a difficult word to help the reader determine meaning
What is context clues
This modifies a noun
What is adjective?
This dystopian young adult trilogy about a world where kids have to battle to the death against districts has been made into a movie in 2012.
What is "The Hunger Games"
Representation of a thing or abstraction as a person or by the human form.
What is Personification?
To mark up the text with notes, questions, or other things that help you understand the text
What is annotate?
What kind of writing is "trying to convince the reader of the validity of a certain position or argument"?
What is persuasive?
Used in place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Author of "Annabel Lee" and "The Raven"
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Exaggerated statements or claims not to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole?
Extremely bold or aggressive
What is audacity?
The purpose of analogies are
What is to connect something difficult to understand to something most people understand
A word that describes action or a state of being
What is a verb?
This is the number of Harry Potter movies
What is 8?
An indication that something will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
What does rebuke mean?
What is an expression of sharp disapproval or criticism?
an idea that recurs in a work of art or literature. (The main idea)
What is Theme?
Label the parts of speech in this sentence
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is beautiful."
"Ms. Crook is dressed fabulously today, and her makeup is beautiful."
nouns- Ms.Crook, today, makeup , her (pronoun)
verbs - is , is , dressed
adverb - fabulously
adj - beautiful
conjunction- and
Uses the metaphor
'I was all alone with the love of my life
She's got glitter for skin '
in one of his songs.
Who is JVKE?