Figurate Language
The use of words that mimic sounds, like crash, bang, or hiss
What is onomatopoeia?
A recipe for baking a chocolate cake is written with this purpose in mind.
What is to inform (or explain)?
You must include text evidence in your body paragraphs when writing an essay. True or False?
What is one TRUE?
"Blue is the prettiest color for a shirt" is an example of this.
What is an opinion?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
"The sun was a glowing ball of fire." What is this?
What is a metaphor?
A billboard urging you to vote for a specific candidate is trying to do this.
What is to persuade?
How many paragraphs does an ECR (extended constructed response) have?
What is four paragraphs?
This is a statement that can be proven true or false with evidence.
What is a fact?
This part of speech describes an action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." What is this?
What is alliteration?
These are the three main reasons an author writes, often remembered by the acronym P.I.E.
What are Persuade, Inform, and Entertain?
What does RACE stand for?
What is Restate, Answer, Cite, Evidence.
Words like believe, feel, best, and worst usually signal this.
What is an opinion?
A word used to describe a noun, like shiny, tall, or fast.
What is an adjective?
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human objects.
What is personification?
If a story uses "I," "me," and "my," it is told from this point of view.
What is first-person?
How many paragraphs does a short constructed response have?
What is one paragraph?
The Earth orbits the Sun.
What is a fact?
A word that replaces a noun, such as he, she, or they.
What is a pronoun?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, such as "I have a million hours of homework."
What is a hyperbole?
The author’s attitude toward the subject matter, often conveyed through word choice.
What is tone?
What is the most important sentence of the introduction called?
What is the Thesis Statement?
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
What is a FACT?
Connect words, phrases, or clauses (Example: and, but, or, because).
What is conjunctions?