Figurative Language
Comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
A person, animal, or figure that helps advance the story.
What is a character?
An essay should include quotes from the text, also known as this.
What is evidence?
Verbs that mean to find the similarities and differences between two characters in a story.
What is compare and contrast?
(6th) Historical Fiction story about an Afghan girl who cuts her hair to buy groceries for her family.
What is The Breadwinner?
"Life is a highway" and "she's a star" are examples of this.
What is a metaphor?
Where and when a story takes place is included in this.
What is setting?
An essay should start and end with these paragraphs.
What is an introduction and conclusion?
You summarize the main idea or ______ idea to show understanding of the story.
What is central idea?
(7th) Realistic fiction about a teenage boy who's conflicted because he cannot gain weight.
What is Heartbeat?
An exaggeration is called this.
What is hyperbole?
A problem that occurs within a character (internal), with another character, with nature, or even society (external).
What is conflict?
Before writing an essay, you should complete one of these on a separate sheet of paper.
What is a graphic organizer?
What two things must you provide when asked to justify your answer.
What is provide evidence and anaylsis?
(8th) This story is told in the first person point of view of a narrator who commits murder.
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
"The boy buzzed around as busy as a bee" is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
The series of events in a story that includes rising action, the climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot?
Read the prompt carefully and make sure to answer it with this, also known as your opinion.
What is a claim or a thesis?
This verb is used when you are asked to provide detailed information that creates a clear understanding for the reader.
What is describe (or summarize)?
(all) Informational text in HMH will feature these, which can include subtitles, maps, images, and captions.
What are text features?
If you want to use a sound as a word like "Wham" or Boing," you are using this.
What is onomatopoeia?
The message or lesson a story is trying to share.
What is theme?
Explaining how the text evidence supports your claim is called this.
What is analysis or an explanation or reasoning?
This verb means to judge the quality of an argument by weighing the evidence.
What is evaluate?
(all) The editors of HMH Into Literature.