Figurative Language
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a Simile?
This is the most common mood authors aim to create in horror stories, often through dark settings and eerie descriptions.
What is fear or suspense?
If a connotation is a word's social/emotional meaning, a denotation is a word's...
What is dictionary definition or literal meaning?
This is the first step in analyzing the relevance of your findings: making sure that they directly relate to your ________________.
What is research topic or thesis?
"The dog chased the ball." This sentence is written in _______________ voice. (active or passive)
What is active voice?
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” Identify this type of figurative language.
What is a hyperbole?
This is the most common horror story opening setting.
What is "It was a dark and stormy night"?
"I feel like I am buried in paperwork". This is figurative language meaning...
What is feeling like they always have paperwork or has too much paperwork.
If you're writing a research paper on climate change, these would be the best sources to use...
.blogs, magazines, and tik toks
.Scientific journals, weather.com, and news articles
.Textbooks
What are Scientific journals, weather.com, and news articles?
This grammatical mood is used to indicate something, state facts or ask questions. Example: "She plays soccer every day."
What is indicative mood?
“The wind howled angrily through the night.” Name the type of figurative language.
What is personification?
Author's choices such as slowing down the action or hinting at the future (flashbacks and foreshadowing), add uncertainty about what will happen next, creating an element known as...
What is suspense?
The words "slim" and "skinny" both refer to someone with little body fat, but "skinny" has a more negative tone. This would mean skinny has a negative _________________________.
What is connotation?
If the information in your source matches facts from other trusted sources, this means it is more than likely ________________.
What is accurate or trusted?
In F. Scott Fitzgeralds, The Great Gatsby", Daisy is described as so, “The pearls were around her neck, and the gold was in her hair.”. This is an example of ____________________ voice.
What is passive voice?
Which statement best provides imagery (appealing to the 5 senses)?
What is "Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door..."
In suspenseful stories, this point of view is often used to reveal limited information, keeping the reader guessing.
What is first-person OR third-person limited.
In the dictionary, "sneaky" means "stealthy, furtive, or sly". Connotatively, "sneaky" means...
What is "trying to hide something or act in a dishonest way"?
This type of text or presentation organization involves presenting findings in the order in which they occurred or were discovered.
What is chronological or sequential order?
In this sentence, the punctuation mark indicates an omission of words: "I wanted to go to the park, but... it started raining."
What is an ellipsis?
Figurative language, such as metaphors and imagery, enhances a story by shaping the author's attitude, the reader's emotional response, and the deeper significance of the text, also known as...
What is tone, mood and meaning?
Of the three author's choices, which creates the most suspense or mystery in a story?
.Foreshadowing
.Setting
.Flashbacks
What is all of them?
In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck once wrote,
"She had full, rouged lips and wide, spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters, like sausages."
Based on the connotations of the words used, does the narrator find this woman attractive? Why or why not?
He finds her unattractive. He thinks her lips are wide, her eyes are far apart, and her hair looks like sausages.
If you find two sources with conflicting information, you should check their ___________ to decide which one is more trustworthy and relevant for your research.
What is reliability or credibility?
“I went to the store—but forgot my wallet.” What grammatical element is used to separate this statement?
What is a dash?