Figurative Language
George runs as fast as a cheetah.
What is simile?
List of terms or words found at the end of a book
What is glossary?
Summing up what has happened or what has been explained
What is a summary?
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book
What is context clues?
The red velvet cake Mr. Smith made was delicious.
What is opinion?
Mrs. Washington's classroom was a zoo.
What is metaphor?
This gives you the titles of chapters/sections & their page numbers in a book
What is table of contents?
Name at least 3 things you look at in a book when previewing the text
What are titles, subtitles, pictures, maps, charts, captions, sidebars, glossary, table of contents
The type of context clue used in the sentence "Jamie abhors, or hates, doing the dishes."
What is synonym?
The Presidential Election is held in November.
What is fact?
The wind howled throughout the night.
What is personification?
A drawing that represents a region or place, like states or countries, by showing the various features of it, such as rivers and roads
What is a map?
You make this type of connection when reading a text and you're reminded of another book or other form of writing that you've read before
What is text-to-text connection?
Signs or hints (i.e. means, are, is, or, but, etc.) used by authors that let the reader know a difficult or unfamiliar word will be defined
What is signal word?
The recent student survey shows an increase in satisfaction with snacks offered at lunchtime.
What is fact?
There were a million flies flying around my food.
What is hyperbole?
Brief text over or under a picture in a piece of writing such as books, magazines, or newspapers that describes the picture
What is caption?
Define background information in your own words.
What is the information you already know about the subject of the text?
The concept of knowing that Mrs. Wingfield's favorite color is black based on her life story about driving a black car and wearing black clothes and black shoes
What is inference?
Newborn babies are so cute.
What is opinion?
Sally sold seashells by the seashore
What is alliteration?
A box or narrow area in a book, newspaper, or magazine that contains a short story or extra information relating to a longer main story
What is sidebar?
When you reread words or sentences that are unclear in order to understand.
What is clarify?
Name at least 3 types of context clues.
What are definitions, appositives, examples, synonyms (similarity), antonyms (contrast), and parts of speech
War is always wrong.
What is opinion?