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Figurative Language
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Sound Devices
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Vocabulary Words
100
a prose writing about imagined events and characters
What is fiction?
100
words that draw a picture and that make your writing more exciting and more live.
What are descriptive words or adjectives?
100
conveying something or ideas literally, and having an altogether different meaning when interpreted figuratively. Usually it will never happen. Ex. When pigs fly
What are Idioms?
100
The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. These includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
100
a way that is skillfully dishonest.
What is cunningly?
200
these are all essential elements to add to a story
What is plot, characters, setting, and theme?
200
is a prewriting technique designed to help you bring ideas from your mind onto paper. It's a good technique to use when you know a general subject you're interested in writing about but don't exactly know what aspect of the subject you want to pursue.
What is Brainstorming?
200
uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. Example: busy as a bee
What is a simile?
200
repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, clause, or sentence example: bells, bells, bells, bells
What is repetition?
200
to be bold or courageous; the nerve
What is audacity
300
This element gives you the details of what happens in the story.
What is plot?
300
They are sometimes called signal words, give the reader a clue about what comes next in a passage. Using this in your own writing will make your ideas flow from one to another.
What are Transitions or transitional words?
300
this states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. It says you are something. Example: You are what you eat.
What is a methaphor?
300
repetition of a vowel sound followed by different consonants in stressed syllables example: close, home, alone, erode
What is assonance?
300
in a secret or sly way
What is stealthily?
400
When the author describes the environment or surroundings of the story in such detail that the reader feels that he or she can picture the scene.
What is setting?
400
using this when writing is the reflection of an author's attitude toward his or her subject.
What is Tone?
400
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else, you are using figurative language. Simile A simile uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike. Example: busy as a bee Metaphor The metaphor states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison. A simile would say you are like something; a metaphor is more positive - it says you are something. Example: You are what you eat. Personification A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug. Alliteration The repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words. Alliteration includes tongue twisters. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore. Onomatopoeia The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound made by an object or an action. Example: snap crackle pop An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Tall tales are hyperboles. Example: He was so hungry, he ate that whole cornfield for lunch, stalks and all.
What is Hyperbole?
400
use words that imitate sounds example: crash, hiss
What is onomatopoeia ?
400
to annoy; to cause distress
What is vex?
500
this is the high part of the story, usually the good guy and the bad guy finally meet or have interaction.
What is climax?
500
A figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object. Example: My teddy bear gave me a hug.
What is personification?
500
repetition of a sound at the end of words example: near, year
What is rhyme?
500
a tube on a submarine that raises and lowers to show objects on the water's surface.
What is periscope
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