Figurative Language
My mother has a heart of gold.
What is a metaphor?
Usually in the introduction, this makes up the first sentence(s) of a written piece and helps catch the reader's attention. Can consist of dialogue, a thought-provoking question or quote, a startling fact, an anecdote, etc.
What is a hook?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What do I need to do prior to reading my passages
What is look at the questions and highlights key terms
These are conjunctions used to combine two sentences.
What is FANBOYS?
The story jumped of the page.
What is personification?
Although it is important to restate the thesis in this part of the essay, it is recommended that you reword/state it in a slightly different way.
What is the conclusion
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! How can you be persuasive in your essay?
What is
rebuttal
call to action
persuasive appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)
To be a complete sentence, you must have what 2 things?
What is a subject and a verb?
She came into the house like a whirl of sunshine.
What is simile?
The big idea or main point of an essay. In a writing, it shares the author's opinion on a given topic.
What is a thesis/position statement.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What is tone?
What is the attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is a way to fix a run-on sentence?
What is use FANBOYS and a comma, recombine/re-word, use a semicolon?
I walked abroad,
And saw the ruddy moon lean over a hedge
Like a red-faced farmer …
What is a simile?
The strategy that we use for our SHORT CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE is...
What is RACE? RESTATE QUESTIONS, ANSWER QUESTION, CITE EVIDENCE, EXPLAIN EVIDENCE.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! When the opposite of what is expected happens.
What is irony.
What is the difference between a fragment and a run-on sentence?
A fragment is an incomplete sentence, and a run-on sentence is lacking punctuation.
The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas…
What is a metaphor?
Words or phrases that can be used to signal a shift to a new idea or part of your essay.
What is transition words/phrases?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! What is the difference between denotation and connotation?
What is denotation is the dictionary definition of a word, and connotation is the definition of the word in context.
Choose the sentence that is the best revision.
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike. a. The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.
b. The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.
c. On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.
d. The bicycle tire on the bike is flat.
What is D?
The acronym we use for poetry, and the letters represent...
What is TPCASTT
TITLE
PARAPHRASE
CONNOTATION
ATTITUDE
SHIFT
TITLE
THEME