Vocabulary & Figurative Language
What is the difference between connotation and denotation?
what is...
Denotation is the literal meaning,
Connotation is the emotional/associated meaning
What is the author mainly trying to tell the reader?
What is ... Main Idea
Author’s attitude
What is tone?
Subject + verb + object (complete thought)
What is a complete sentence?
Appeals to your 5 senses; considered descriptive language
What is... Imagery
Use evidence + prior knowledge to figure something out
What is... a Inference
What does it mean to infer?
Feeling created for the reader
What is mood?
Fix the sentence: “Their going to the store.”
What is...They’re going to the store
“The leaves danced in the wind as the storm approached.”
What type of figurative language is used?
What is ... Personification
Quotes/details from the text that support answers
What is textual evidence?
Reason for writing (inform, persuade, entertain)
What is the author’s purpose?
Two sentences joined incorrectly
What is a run-on sentence?
Read: “The classroom was a battlefield during the group debate.”
What type of figurative language is used AND what does it suggest?
What is...
Metaphor
Read:
“Lena practiced the piano every day for months, yet when it was finally time for the recital, her hands trembled as she stepped onto the stage.”
What can you infer about Lena and why?
She is nervous despite being prepared; evidence is “her hands trembled.”
Word choice shapes tone and mood... what is another word for word choice?
What is Diction?
What punctuation separates items in a list ??
What is a comma, or semicolon
“The wind whispered secrets through the trees."
Identify TWO literary devices and explain their purpose.
What is...Personification + imagery; gives human traits to wind and creates vivid sensory detail
“Although Marcus studied all night, he still felt unprepared as he walked into the test.”
What can you infer about Marcus and why?
What is...
He lacks confidence or is anxious;
evidence = “still felt unprepared”
“The author describes the forest as ‘dark, endless, and swallowing everything in its path.’”
How does this description impact the tone of the passage?
It creates a threatening and intimidating tone.
Why is this sentence incorrect?
“Each of the players have their own locker.”
Subject-verb agreement error
Each is singular.. so it needs has NOT have