FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
This figurative language is an extreme exaggeration, such as “I’ve told you a million times!”
What is hyperbole?
This term refers to what a text is mostly about, usually written in one sentence.
What is the main idea?
This sentence introduces the reader to the topic by grabbing their attention with a question, fact, or bold statement.
What is the hookt?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The “problem” that drives the entire plot.
What is the conflict?
“The waves danced across the shore” is an example of this figurative language device.
What is personification?
This deeper meaning of a story, such as “true friendship can overcome differences,” is called the…
What is the theme?
These appear at the beginning of each body paragraph and tell what the paragraph will be about.
What are topic sentences?
These are the events that build tension and lead up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
After the climax, these events show how the conflict begins to settle down.
What is the falling action?
A comparison that does not use like or as, such as “Timothy was a giant compared to Phillip.”
What is a metaphor?
Is this MAIN IDEA or THEME?
Phillip learns to overcome fear and trust Timothy.
What is a theme?
This part of the conclusion restates your thesis in a new way and reflects on the importance of the main idea.
What is the reflection?
This is the turning point of a story, where the conflict reaches its most intense moment.
What is the climax?
The point on the plot mountain where the problem is introduced and tension begins.
What is the rising action?
This type of figurative language is a culturally known phrase whose meaning can’t be understood from the words alone—like “break the ice.”
What is an idiom?
In The Cay, Phillip becoming more independent after the storm is an example of this element that shows the message the author wants you to take away.
What is theme?
In informative writing, what must you include after using evidence from a text?
What is an explanation or elaboration?
This element shows how an author reveals who a character truly is through their thoughts, actions, speech, and interactions with others.
What is characterization?
In The Cay, Phillip’s blindness is an example of this type of conflict.
What is character vs. self?
Create a metaphor
This part of a nonfiction passage helps readers find the main idea by repeating key words and focusing on the author’s central point.
What is repeated / key details?
These three parts—Hook, Bridge, Thesis—make up this crucial section of your essay.
What is the introduction paragraph?
In The Cay, this moment serves as the climax.
What is Timothy’s death?
This final part of the plot mountain reveals how everything turns out for the character.
What is the resolution?