Example of figurative language
Definition of plot device
Definitions of text structure
Definition of clause and phrases
(What these things are) MISC.
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Simlie

as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox

100

Expostion

a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

100

Description

a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.


100

Phrase

a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.

100

A.C.E Method

designed to help clients embark on a new path

200

Hyperbole

I am so hungry I could eat all the food here.

200

Rising Action

all the events that happen in a story on the way to the climax.

200

Cause and Effect

the operation or relation of a cause and its effect.

200

Clause

a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.

200

Different POVs

1st person POV uses “I” and “we.” 2nd person POV uses “you.” 3rd person POV uses “he,” “she,” “it,” and “they.”

300

Personification

The sun kissed me while I was clicking a picture.

300

Climax

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

300

Compare and Contrast

comparing is showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way.

300

Simple Sentence

a sentence that has only one verb.

300

Conflict

 serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

400

Onomatopoeia

Buzz-The bee buzzed in my ear


400

Falling Action

 the period of time in a story that follows the climax and begins to clarify the narrative, release tension, and wrap things up for the characters.

400

Chronology/Sequence

a following of one thing after another in time.

400

Compound Sentence

a sentence that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction.

400

Modifier

a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something

500

Metaphor

He is a lion when he comes to the field.

500

Conclusion

the end or finish of an event or process.

500

Problem and Solution

a format of writing that involves setting up the structure of written text to show different problems and then how the problem is solved

500

Complex Sentence

made up of a main clause and a subordinate clause connected to each other with a subordinating conjunction.

500

Main Idea

the author's message about the topic.

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