Figurative Language
What is a simile?
Name the correct punctuation mark:
Where are we eating today
?
Define Author's Purpose
Why an author writes a text/selection.
The following is an example of what kind of text structure? I forgot my umbrella at school so I got soaked on my way home.
A. Compare/contrast
B. Problem/solution
C. Cause/effect
cause and effect
A story that is not real, the story is made up.
What is fiction?
Opinion or fact?
The beach is way more fun than the pool.
An Opinion
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things using the words "is' or "was."
what goes around a quote from the story
quotation marks
What is text structure?
How an author organizes or puts a selection/text together.
What is a static character?
not show change
Whose emotions give the tone
Author
What is an inference
educated guess based on textual evidence
What is an idiom?
Common saying e.g. It's raining cats and dogs
What is the past tense of sing
sang
What does contribute to the development mean?
add to the growth
What is the difference between a sequence text structure and chronological
chronological is time sequence is steps
Which author's purpose: The author tries to convince the reader to do/try something?
Persuade
In a narrative drama or story, what is a flashback?
A scene that takes the narrative of story/events back in time.
What is hyperbole
exaggeration
I tried explaining to my mom that the leftover lunch in the fridge was ____________.
A. Mines
B. Mine
Mine
What does antagonist mean
works against main character
What is an informational text?
A text that tells us information about a specific topic.
What is the purpose of evidence in an argument?
To support claim/ inference
What text structure would you use to explain why World War II happened?
Cause and Effect
What is onomatopoeia?
a word that imitates sound
What can I use to discover the meaning of an unknown word
context clues
What is a summary?
Recap of story
"The wind whipped through the yard like a dancing tornado" is an example of....
simile
What is a claim statement?
An argument about the topic
What is foreshadowing?