Literary Devices
What is a simile?
A comparison between two things using the words “like” or “as.”
What does it mean to visualize while reading?
When a reader creates pictures or images in their head based on what they are reading.
Which writing trait involves choosing powerful words within your sentences?
Word Choice
What is the first part of the writing process, in which a writer comes up with ideas?
Brainstorming
What is imagery?
A literary device that uses descriptions that help us visualize what is happening.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between two things, usually abstract.
What does it mean to make predictions while reading?
It means to make an educated guess on what is going to happen in the story.
Which writing trait helps the reader understand your writing and the flow of ideas?
Organization
What do we call it when it is the first or second time a writer writes their story, before he/she has revised and edited?
drafting
What does it mean to summarize?
Summarizing means to re-tells, in a your own words, the beginning, middle, and end of a text.
What is an allusion?
A reference within a text (i.e. an author may quote a Shakespeare play).
What does it mean to determine importance while reading?
Determining importance is when a reader understands the most important details of a text.
Which writing trait gives your writing personality and tone?
VOICE
Which step in the writing process involves improving big-picture items (rearranging paragraphs, tweaking big ideas, adding personality)?
Revising
Which writing trait has to do with correct grammar and spelling?
Conventions
What is foreshadowing?
When an author hints that something is about to happen in a story.
What does it mean to make an inference?
Making an inference is when a reader understands something about the story that is not explicitly stated in the text.
Which writing trait has to do with brainstorming topics of interest?
IDEAS
Which step in the writing process fixes minor mistakes to help the reader understand your message?
Editing
True or false: Good readers ask questions before, during, and after reading.
TRUE
What is a hyperbole?
A hyperbole is when an author makes an over exaggeration to make a point.
What does it mean to draw conclusions while reading?
Drawing conclusions is when readers add details together to come to a judgement about the text
Which writing trait ensures correct word order within sentences to ensure fluent understanding?
Fluency
What is the final step in the writing process?
Publishing
Name 2 out of the three connections that readers can make to the text.
text-to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world.