Literary Devices
Giving an object human characteristics.
What is personification?
When a verb is portrayed in the past, present, or future.
What it verb tense?
The people the author is trying to reach with his/her work.
What is an audience?
Word choice.
Hola
What is hello in Spanish?
A comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Describes what someone or something does.
What is an action verb?
Shortens the text and recognizes a theme that shows the main ideas of the specific part of the text.
What is a summary?
The word order of the sentence or text.
What is syntax?
Manzana
How do you say apple in Spanish?
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Shows the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence. Ex: under the bed, beneath the cabinets, on the desk.
What are prepositional phrases?
Making detailed final decisions about words using the surrounding sentence to understand it better.
What is textual evidence?
Aristotle (an ancient Greek philosopher) identified three major tactics that we use when we go about persuading people. Ex: Ethos, Pathos, Logos
What are rhetoric appeals?
Estados Unidos
How do you say United States in Spanish?
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts for a specific character, place or development.It can portray a variety of emotions in a writers work.
What is tone?
They join two complete thoughts into one sentence.
Ex: For, but, and, or , yet, so, and nor
Tell the main idea and set a goal of the nonfiction text and choose the most important from the least important detail that helps the author’s point.
What is the author's purpose?
Usually deals with data, statistics, facts, graphs, etc
HINT: LOGICAL
Boleto
How do you say ticket in Spanish?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
It tells which one, what kind, or how many. (Describes nouns)
What are adjectives?
The repeating pattern or idea that is present throughout a text; the message/moral of a text
What is the theme?
An argument that is not sound but may still be convincing
What is rhetorical fallacy?
Pequeño
How do you say little in Spanish?