literary devices
Comparing two things with "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Find the mistake:
Eren and Captain Levi made there escape after the Titans escaped Wall Rose.
Change there to their
strategy that is used BEFORE reading
What is PRO Strategies?
to make an assumption; educated guess
What is an inference?
strategy used for Short Constructed Responses
What is RACE?
give life to something that does not
What is personification?
Find the mistake:
Instead of looking discouraged, Elijah's mother looking excited and quickly saying, "Maybe we could have joint yard sales."
the events of a story
What is plot?
The PERSPECTIVE from which the events in a story, poem, or play are told (think of POV)
What is Point of View?
strategy used for Extended Constructed Responses
What is RACECER?
two contradictory words that come together
What is oxymoron?
combine these two sentences:
They are also more likely to help those they have never met.
They are often the first to step up when volunteers are needed after a disaster.
They are also more likely to help those they have never met, AND are often the first to step when volunteers are needed after a disaster.
the reason an author wrote their story (hint: A.P.)
What is Author's Purpose?
The central idea, message, moral of the story
What is theme?
The evidence that supports your answer
What is citation?
it uses the 5 senses to create a description
What is imagery?
Combine both sentences:
A multi-family sale would attract more people.
Which would result in bigger profits for everyone.
A multi-family sale would attract more people and would result in bigger profits for everyone.
goes against the author's claim (hint: c.......a.....)
What is counterargument?
the way the author makes the reader FEEL
the sentence that connects your answer and citation
What is the explanation?
irony that is like sarcasm; irony that is the opposite of what you expect; irony that is like a secret only the reader knows (name all 3)
What is verbal, situational, and dramatic irony?
Find the mistake:
The Captain of this ship is making me go crazy.
change Captain to captain
a color, symbol, word that has a DEEPER meaning (ex. yellow=happiness)
What is symbolism?
the way that a reader feels towards the story/poem
What is tone?
typically found in the RA of RACECER; the main idea of your essay
What is thesis/ thesis statement?