Figurative Language
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using ”like“ or ”as“
WHAT IS a simile
This source type is an immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.
WHAT IS PRIMARY SOURCE
This part of speech takes the place of a noun, such as "he," "she," or "they.
What is a pronoun?
This point of view is when the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.
WHO IS FIRST-PERSON
a heavier, darker font used to immediately draw the reader's eye and signal that specific words require close attention.
WHO IS BOLD FONT
This figure of speech gives human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
This source type is an article, report, etc. that is based on firsthand accounts or records of a thing being researched or studied but that is not itself a firsthand account.
WHAT IS SECONDARY SOURCE
Derived from the Latin for "to throw near," this part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
This POV uses a distinct narrator who is not a character in the story.
WHO IS THIRD PERSON
A conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence.
WHAT IS INFERENCE
This figure of speech compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as’
What is a metaphor?
A first-hand account from an onlooker in of the events of 9/11.
WHAT IS PRIMARY SOURCE
Words like "under," "between," and "throughout" belong to this class that expresses spatial or temporal relationships.
What is a preposition?
Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barrelled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead, and pulled the trigger.
This is the story of how we got there.
-Beartown
WHO IS Third-person
Her mind was like a sponge, soaking up information.
WHAT IS A SIMILE
This figure of speech uses extreme exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole?
A study published on “The Metamorphosis” by a literary historian.
WHAT IS SECONDARY SOURCE
"And," "but," and "or" belong to the coordinating type of this part of speech used to connect words or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
This narrative technique provides a panoramic and all-knowing perspective in a story.
WHO IS THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
This word means unintentionally and without realizing what one is doing.
WHAT IS UNCONSCIOUSLY
This figure of speech is a word that imitates the sound it represents
WHAT IS onomatopoeia
This type of source index, abstract, organize, compile, or digest other sources.
WHAT IS TERTIARY SOURCE
"Well," "fast," and "yesterday" can all function as this part of speech, which modifies verbs, adjectives, or other modifiers
What is an adverb?
You walk into the bookstore and you keep your hand on the door to make sure it doesn’t slam. You smile, embarrassed to be a nice girl, and your nails are bare and your V-neck sweater is beige and it’s impossible to know if you’re wearing a bra but I don’t think that you are. You’re so clean that you’re dirty and you murmur your first word to me—hello—when most people would just pass by, but not you, in your loose pink jeans, a pink spun from Charlotte’s Web and where did you come from?
-You
WHAT IS SECOND-PERSON
A marketing technique that attracts audiences into believing that they will be part of an elite or special group if they buy a product or service or buy into an idea.
WHAT IS SNOB EFFECT