Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things that uses the terms "like or as."
What is a simile?
Informational Text example
What is a menu, magazine, article, newspaper, brochure, pamphlet, etc?
A text structure that goes in time order.
What is chronological order?
States a problem and suggests one or more solutions.
Problem and Solution
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the words "like or as."
What is a metaphor?
How a character feels or thinks.
What is point of view?
The author's argument/statement they believe to be true.
What is a claim?
An educated guess.
What is an inference?
Compares two or more people, things, ideas, or events to tell how they are similar and different.
compare and contrast
Not to be taken literally. Paints a picture in the reader's mind.
What is figurative language?
The most exciting/dramatic part of a story. Also known as "the turning point."
What is the climax?
The author’s attitude toward a topic or subject. in literary text, a character’s attitude
Author's Perspective
Directly supports the author's central idea.
What are supporting details/evidence?
Relates two or more events by examining what happened and why.
Cause and Effect
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
"Look before you leap."
What is an example of theme?
Hints before and after a word used to determine word meaning.
What are context clues?
Can be found in the title, the introduction, and throughout the text.
Where can the central idea be found?
Organizes details in time order; may include dates, times, or numbered sequences.
Chronological Order/ Sequential Order
"This test is going to kill me."
What is an example of a hyperbole?
The plot order of a story (5 parts).
What is the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
Cause to feel/show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something
Bias
their vs. there
What is a word to represent ownership vs a word to represent a location?
The author's reason for writing a piece:to inform, entertain, or persuade.
The Author's Purpose