Figurative Language
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile uses "like" or "as" and a metaphor does not!
How many sentences create a paragraph?
5 SENTENCES
What the text is mainly about is called....(8th grade language ONLY)
When identifying the text structure of a poem, the marking of the alphabet at the end of a line notes the...
rhyme scheme
When breaking down the prompt, what do you do?
Circle the type of essay
Put a box around what they are asking for
Underline the topic
Has a literal and non-literal meaning
Idiom
What does PEEEEL stand for
Point, Evidence, Elaboration, Evidence, Elaboration, Link
The message or moral of the story
Theme
The "baby paragraphs" in a poem are called...
Stanzas
Break down the following prompt:
Write an essay to describe the impact student loan debt has on college graduates.
Circle "describe"
Box "the impact"
Underline "student loan debt has on college graduates"
Jumbo Shrimp is an example of...
An oxymoron
What is synthesis?
Supporting ONE point with TWO pieces of evidence from TWO different sources.
Problem/Solution, Compare/Contrast and Sequence are all examples of...
Text Structure
The emotional weight a word carries is called the...
connotative/connotation
Break down the prompt:
Write an essay to argue if students should have to wear school uniforms.
Circle "argue"
Box "if"
Underline "students should have to wear school uniforms"
"You've got a smile that could light up this whole town" is an example of...
Hyperbole
This statement addresses the other side in an argumentative essay.
The counterclaim
3rd person omniscent is what type of narrator?
God-like; knows everything within a story
How is imagery used in the following stanza?
"One sniff gives a clue of the heat within.
First bite feels like swallowing a lighted blow torch,
And tears stream from his eyes like a flash flood
As the dying ghost pepper delivers its savage revenge."
Uses the senses (smell, taste, feel)
How many body paragraphs should be included in an essay based on the following prompt?
Write an essay to describe the effects WW1 had on European countries.
2
Identify the THREE examples of figurative language:
"The moon was playing hide and seek in the clouds while the children danced freely to music only they could hear. Crickets chirped sorrowful melodies of hope in the tall grass. And when the sun rose, it swallowed the darkness whole."
Personification
Oxymoron
Personification
What two questions should your elaboration answer?
What does is mean?
Why is it important?
__________ belongs to the reader
while ______________ belongs to the writer.
Mood belongs to the reader
while Tone belongs to the writer.
In a poem, they are called stanzas but in a song they are called....
Verses
Break down the following prompt:
Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a Dream" speech in August of 1963. Write to determine whether or not we have met the goals he outlined in the speech.
Circle "determine"
Box "whether or not"
Underline "we have met the goals he outlined in the speech"