Figurative Language
This compares two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
The main idea tells what the text is mostly about.
Central idea
A complete sentence must have these two things.
Subject & predicate
Using context clues means using surrounding text to figure out meaning.
Context clues
A statement that expresses the main argument.
Claim
This gives human traits to non-human things.
Personification
Details from the text that support an idea.
Evidence
Correct this: "Their going to the store."
"They're going to the store"
A word that means the same or nearly the same.
Synonym
Facts, examples, or data that support a claim.
Evidence
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
Hyperbole
A conclusion you make based in clues & prior knowledge
Inference
A word that describes a verb.
Adverb
A word that means the opposite.
Antonym
Explains how the evidence supports the claim.
Reasoning
This compares two things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
The reason an author writes (inform, persuade, entertain)
Author's purpose
Correct punctuation: "lets go to the park"
"Let's go to the park."
The feeling or attitude of a word.
Connotation
The opposing side of an argument.
Counterclaim
"The classroom was a zoo." What type and meaning?
Metaphor & means the classroom was loud & chaotic
How a character changes throughout a story.
Character development
Identify the error: "Me and him went to the game."
"He and I went to the game"
The dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
Why is addressing the counterclaim important?
It strengthens the argument by showing both sides.