Text Structure
A text structure in which the author describes how events occur over time
A type of figurative language: an exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
A type of irony when what actually happens is the opposite of what is expected
What is situational irony?
The dictionary definition of a word; the opposite of a word's connotation
What is denotation?
What was Mrs. Beechaum's job before she became a teacher?
Photographer
A text structure in which an author finds similarities and differences between the topics
What is compare & contrast text structure?
A type of figurative language: giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics
Personification
What is verbal irony?
The emotions or associations connected to a word. Can usually be categorized as positive, negative, or neutral
What is connotation?
Music
Because a bank has been robbed several times, they hire more security officers to protect it.
Problem-Solution Text Structure
What figurate language is this: "When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears"
Personification
A type of irony when the reader understands more about the events of a story than the character.
What is dramatic irony?
A negative connotation for frugal.
Cheap
Apple products all the way!!!
Many buffalo were killed, so they are now extinct.
Cause and Effect
What figurative language is this: "Like burn-out torches by a sick man's bed"
Simile
A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets.
Situational Irony?
A negative connotation for slender.
Skinny
Mrs. Beechaum grew up in what county?
Chesterfield County
I prefer using Mac Computers vs. Dell Computers.
Compare and Contrast
What figurative language: "I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies"
Hyperbole
If you’re watching a movie about the Titanic and a character leaning on the balcony right before the ship hits the iceberg says, "It's so beautiful I could just die."
Dramatic Irony
A negative connotation for peculiar.
Mrs. Beechaum has been married for _____ years.
22 years