LIT DEVICES
Extreme Exaggeration
What is Hyperbole?
A word which describes, or adds detail to, a noun.
What is an adjective?
The repetition of the initial phoneme of each word in connected text (e.g., Harry the happy hippo hula-hoops with Henrietta).
What is alliteration?
The paragraphs between the introduction and conclusion that develop the main idea(s) of the writing.
What is the body paragraphs?
The central thought or message of a reading passage
What is main idea?
Comparison using like or as
What is Simile?
A word in the place of another noun.
What is a pronoun?
A word opposite in meaning to another word
What is an antonym?
The position or angle from which a story is told, for example, first-person ("I"), third-person ("he").
What is Point of View?
The message in the story
What is theme?
Words that create a picture for the readers in their minds using the five senses
What is imagery?
The person or thing that does something in a sentence and story.
What is a subject?
Using words or sentences around an unfamiliar word to help clarify its meaning.
What is Context Clues?
This is used to pull the reader into the essay.
What is a hook?
The use of words in which the sound suggests the sense
What is Onomatopoeia?
Anything that stands for something else
What is symbolism?
A word is that is an action.
What is a verb?
A text about a real person, place, or thing.
What is nonfiction?
What is informational?
A statement of the purpose, intent, or main idea of an essay.
What is thesis statement?
The specific reason a person has for writing; the goal of writing.
What is the Author's Purpose?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event , literary work, or work of art
What is Allusion?
The time when an action takes place - present, past, future.
What is tense?
A morpheme that precedes a root and that contributes to or modifies the meaning of a word
What is a prefix?
Words or phrases that help clarify the relationships between ideas and tie them together.
What are transitions words?
Changing a piece of writing to improve it in style or content.
What is revisions?