Figurative Language
This figure of speech combines two contradictory words, like “deafening silence” or “bittersweet.”
What is an oxymoron?
This strategy involves eliminating clearly wrong answers first to improve your chances of choosing the correct one.
What is the process of elimination?
Instead of using “he said” or “she said,” this type of tag shows what the character is doing while speaking.
What is an action tag?
This is the first step in the RST, where you identify the task, topic, and what the question is asking you to do.
What is analyzing the prompt?
This global pop star continued dominating charts in the mid-2020s with her record-breaking “Eras Tour.”
Who is Taylor Swift?
In this type of figurative language, a comparison is developed over several lines or throughout an entire text.
What is an extended metaphor?
This skill requires you to use clues from the text to figure out something the author implies but does not directly state.
What is making an inference?
This narrative element includes the time and place of the story and helps create context for the events.
What is setting?
Strong RST responses must include this from multiple sources to support ideas.
What is textual evidence?
This 2024–2025 animated sequel by Pixar revisits Riley’s emotions as she enters her teenage years.
What is Inside Out 2?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using “like” or “as,” such as “as brave as a lion.”
What is a simile?
This strategy encourages students to skip difficult questions and return to them later to avoid wasting too much time.
What is pacing yourself?
This type of ending reveals what the character learned or how they changed as a result of the experience.
What is a reflective ending?
In RST writing, students should avoid using these words like “I,” “me,” or “my.”
What are personal pronouns?
This hit Netflix series features a deadly competition where players risk their lives for a cash prize and returned with a highly anticipated new season.
What is Squid Game?
This type of figurative language gives human characteristics to non-human things, like “the wind whispered.”
What is personification?
This skill helps you determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word by looking at the surrounding sentences and clues.
What is using context clues?
This refers to who is telling the story and includes first person, second person, or this most common narrative perspective.
What is third person?
This is what the first question in an RST will focus on.
What is vocabulary?
This soccer superstar made headlines continuing his career in the U.S. with Inter Miami CF.
Who is Lionel Messi?
This figure of speech uses extreme exaggeration for emphasis, such as “I’ve told you a million times.”
What is hyperbole?
This writing strategy requires you to answer a question using content from the text to support your ideas.
What is citing textual evidence?
This technique uses descriptive language to appeal to the reader’s senses and create vivid mental pictures.
What is imagery?
This is one of the three things an RST should in with.
What is call to action, make a difference or aspects of human nature?
This massively popular sandbox game by Mojang Studios continues to thrive in 2026 with updates, mods, and a huge global player base.
What is Minecraft?