Figurative Language
"When we heard that there was an earthquake in California, we offered the the citizens a hand immediately."
What is an idiom?
The author's message.
What is theme?
Every sentence requires this (the who/what)
What is the subject?
The thesis statement is this sentence of the introduction.
What is the last sentence?
Describes words with the same ending sound.
What is rhyme?
"The hot chocolate warmed Zoe up like a fluffy blanket."
What is a simile?
The feeling a reader gets from the story.
What is mood?
Every sentence requires this (an action or state of being).
What is the predicate?
This includes the subject, your assertion and reasoning.
What is the thesis?
When words or lines appear more than once in a stanza or poem.
What is repetition?
What is allusion?
The author or speaker's attitude towards the subject.
What is tone?
When the subject is doing the action, the sentence is in what voice?
What is active voice?
This is what the CD in the Jane Schaffer way stands for.
What is concrete detail or evidence?
When the initial consonant sound is repeated.
What is alliteration?
"Lightning danced across the sky."
What is personification?
A repeated idea or structure within a text or poem.
What is motif?
When the action is being done to the subject, the sentence is in what voice?
What is passive voice?
Every body paragraph starts with this.
What is a topic sentence?
The beat of the poem.
What is rhythm?
"His heart of stone surprised me."
What is a metaphor?
Conversation between characters.
What is dialogue?
You can fix this issue with a comma & co-ordinating conjunction, a semi-colon or a period & capital letter.
What is a run-on sentence?
These introduce quotes and help connect ideas.
A short poem that is like a song.
What is a lyric poem?