Figurative Language
boom, biff, meow, bark, chirp
What is onomatopoeia?
An author is trying to convince the reader to vote for a certain person.
What is persuade?
an educated guess based on events in the text
What is an inference?
The who, what, where, when, why, and how?
The amount of syllables in each line of the poem.
What is the rhythm?
A comparison of two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
Free of the author's opinions.
What is inform?
somebody's point of view or opinion
What is their perspective?
brief summary of what the story is all about
What is the central idea?
read the last word in each line and assign it a letter of the alphabet based on sound
How do you find the rhyme scheme?
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as
what is a simile?
The E in PIE
What is Entertain?
A statement the author makes in an argument
What is a claim?
Includes the most important ideas and events from the text and is around 4-5 sentences long.
What is a summary?
The author's use of description and vivid language, deepening the reader's understanding of the work, by appealing to the senses.
What is imagery?
Betty Bautter bought a bit of bitter butter if she put it in her batter it will make her batter bitter, so Betty Bautter went and bought some better butter put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter.
What is an alliteration?
Additional purpose that applies to poetry.
What are Feelings?
The sequence of events that occur in a story
What is the plot?
What is the Central Idea?
repeated words or phrases in poems or songs
What is repetition?
Beat around the bush, it's raining cats and dogs, break a leg, bite the bullet...
PIE + F
A life lesson or message that applies to all people.
Free from the author's opinions
What is objective?
The equivalence of a paragraph in poetry
What is a stanza?