Figurative Language
Genre
Capitalization
Commas
Author's Purpose
100

They fought like cats and dogs

simile

100

an account of someone's life written by someone else.

biography

100

jon went to the park.

Jon

100

I like to eat candy cookies and ice cream. 

I like to eat candy, cookies, and ice cream.
100

The instructions that came with your vacuum cleaner.

Inform

200
  • The wind howled in the night.

personification

200

usually involves witchcraft or magic, taking place on an undiscovered planet of an unknown world.

Fantasy

200

christmas is the best holiday. 

Christmas

200

My best friends are Mrs. Depew Mrs. Rizzo and Mrs. Cline

My best friends are Mrs. Depew, Mrs. Rizzo, and Mrs. Cline.  

200

A letter a boy wrote to his mother to convince his parents to let him buy a dog. 

Persuade

300
pow!

onomatopoeia

300

A biography is a story where someone else writes a story about someone. What is it called when a person writes a story about themselves?

autobiography

300

My mom and i went to the store.

I

300

Baking a cake for example is easy.

Baking a cake, for example, is easy. 

300

The book Charlotte's Web

Entertain

400
  • This bag weighs a ton.

hyperbole

400

Give an example of realistic fiction

I survived books

400

I go to solomon elementary school. 

Solomon Elementary School

400

He is a strong healthy man.

He is a strong, healthy man. 

400

A recipe for chocolate cake

Inform

500
  • He is a shining star.

metaphor

500

stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.

Realistic Fiction

500

We went to cedar bluff lake this weekend.

Cedar Bluff

500

Jill who is my sister shut the front door.

Jill, who is my sister, shut the front door. 

500

A comic strip

Entertain

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