Figurative Language
Exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
Persuading using logic or reasoning
The main way authors convey purpose.
What is tone?
The meaning of the prefix "In-", for example "ineffective".
What is "not" or "without"?
The method we discussed in class today that gives you five strategies for understanding a new word.
What is the IDEAS method?
A direct comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a Metaphor?
Using words to express something different from the literal meaning, usually expresses the opposite of the literal meaning
What is Irony?
This term refers to a particular type of diction that utilizes similes, metaphors, hyperboles and more.
What is figurative language?
The root word in the word "unreliability".
What is rely?
(Also, will except reliable)
This term refers to a word that has a similar meaning to another word.
What is a synonym?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a Simile?
Persuading using emotions
What is Pathos?
This term refers to the way authors structure their sentences.
What is Syntax?
Based on the following examples (biology, psychology), the suffix "-logy" means what?
What is "the study of"?
The E in "IDEAS".
What is Example?
A term or phrase whose meaning is different from its literal meaning.
What is an Idiom?
What is personification?
This term refers to the authors choice of words
Based on the following examples (October, Octopus), the prefix "Oct" means what?
What is "eight"?
This term refers to describing the meaning of a word. It is also the second word in the IDEAS method.
What is Definition?
The repetition of initial sounds in two or more words.
I.e Tim threw the taco to the tall teacher.
What is alliteration?
Name the two rhetorical devices being used in the following sentences:
"He texted me a thousand times in one minute! The texts were coming in fast like a speeding car."
What are Hyperbole and Simile?
What are the 4 main types of author's purpose?
What are to inform, to persuade, to entertain and to describe?
In addition to their buddy "prefix", these two terms make up the remaining parts of a word. (Hint: morphology)
What is root word and suffix?
This term refers to making an educated guess based on other familiar words in the text.
What is an inference?