Figurative Language
a sentence that compares two unlike things using "like" or as"
Simile
When you are writing an expository essay you are trying to _______ something to your audience.
Explain
Edit the following sentence.
Its their job to let us know if the games have been rained out.
Change Its to It's
Main character in a work of fiction
protagonist
The universal message or moral of a story
Theme
a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as
Metaphor
Your thesis statement should be where in your essay?
Last Sentence of your introduction paragraph
Edit the following sentence.
My sister needed help with her social study's project this week.
Remove STUDY'S and change to studies
main idea, moral, lesson about life. Also called central idea.
theme
In a narrative, the person telling the story
Narrator
giving human traits (qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics) to non-living things
Personification
A thesis statement is composed of what?
Answer:
Claim + Reason 1 + Reason 2
OR
Position + Reason 1 + Reason 2
Edit the following sentence.
Maricela's favorite color is green but I prefer blue.
Maricela's favorite color is green, but I prefer blue.
A single person gives a long speech to the audience or another character on stage
monologue
The attitude of the author/narrator towards the subject being written about
Tone
an extreme over exaggeration
Hyperbole
What does SCORE stand for?
S-Social Students/History
C-Current Event
O-Observation
R-Reading
E-Experience
If I have time. I ride on the bike trail at the park. Combine the 2 sentences/phrases.
A) If I have time and I ride on the bike trail at the park.
B) If I have time I like to ride. On the bike trail at the park.
C) If I have time, I like to ride on the bike trail at the park.
D) If I have time, and I like to ride on the bike trail at the park.
C) If I have time, I like to ride on the bike trail at the park.
reference to another body of literature, person, place or event. (known to most people)
allusion
Draw and label the plot diagram
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Appealing to one of your five senses.
Imagery
Write a thesis statement for the following prompt.
Write an essay explaining how social media has affected teens.
Answers will vary
Must include CLAIM and TWO REASONS.
Combine the following fragments into a sentence:
Melanie forgot her lunch. She called her mother.
Melanie forgot her lunch, so she called her mother.
a long speech in which a character is alone on the stage and expresses his/her thoughts and feelings
soliloquy
A type of irony in which the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not
Dramatic irony