Interpreting Figurative Language
A literary device that reflects the writer’s attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work.
What is Tone
Careful examination and evaluation of details in a literary work.
What is Analyze?
Refers to the use of logical reasoning and evidence to support arguments and explanations.
What is Logos?
The structure and pattern of a poem.
What is Poetic Form?
Hints or pieces of information within a sentence or passage that help readers understand the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What is Context Clues
It is a figure of speech that compares two non-similar things without using "like" or "as".
What is a Metaphor?
The process of adding details or events to support the main idea in a literary work or a composition.
What is development/Supporting details
Refers to the credibility and ethical character.
What is Ethos?
A highly structured poetic form consisting of 19 lines.
What is a Villanelle?
Refers to the information and understanding that a person already has about a topic before learning more about it.
What is Background Knowledge?
A word that sounds like what it describes, such as buzz, splash, or meow.
The primary point or concept that an author wants to communicate to the reader.
Appeals to an audience's emotions to persuade them.
What is Pathos?
A pair of consecutive lines of poetry that typically rhyme and have the same meter.
What is a couplet?
Refers to the literal or primary meaning of a word.
What is Denotative?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is Hyperbole?
Something is suggested or understood without being directly stated.
What is Implied?
Strategies used to persuade an audience.
What is Rhetorical Appeals?
A stanza or a complete poem consisting of four lines. It is one of the most common forms in poetry.
What is a Quatrain?
Refers to the implied or suggested meanings and associations that a word carries beyond its literal definition
What is Connotative?
A phrase or expression that has a figurative, non-literal meaning that cannot be derived from the meanings of its individual words.
What is an Idiom?
Specific descriptions of particular items, people, or settings.
What is Details?
The process by which readers or audiences connect with characters, themes, or situations within a story.
What is Identify/Text Connections?
Is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem or song.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
Refer to the connections between words based on their meanings, functions, or sounds.
What is Word Relationships?