Figurative Language
Word Bank I
Word Bank II
Text Structure
Vocabulary
1000
  • Claire, close your cluttered closet.
  • The big bad bear bored the baby bunnies by the bushes.
  • Shut the shutters before the shouting makes you shudder.
  • Go and gather the green leaves on the grass.
  • Please put away your paints and practice the piano.

What is alliteration?

1000

Persuade, Inform, Entertain                                   


    




What are the reasons an author writes?

1000

interrupts the present to show us something meaningful from the past.

What is flashback

1000

“Researchers have found that dogs have about twice the number of neurons in their cerebral cortexes than what cats have. Specifically, dogs had around 530 million neurons, whereas the domestic cat only had 250 million neurons.

Compare/contrast

1000
  • A fire station burns down. ...
  • A marriage counselor files for divorce. ...
  • The police station gets robbed. ...

What is situational irony?

2000

Chocolate is his Kryptonite.

What is Allusion

2000

Introduction, body and conclusion                                   


    

What are the main parts of an essay?

2000
The gloomy face before someone tells you they want to break up. 
The clouds darkening before a storm.
Dialogue, such as “I have a bad feeling about this”


What is foreshadowing?

2000

Since it was so chilly and damp outside, Ahmed built a big fire in his fireplace.

What is cause and effect

2000






A woman spills her morning coffee on her white silk blouse and says, "This day couldn't be off to a better start." 

A team of co-workers is about to begin a major project when someone asks if they can have a five-minute break. The team leader responds with, "Sure! It's not like we have anything better to do."


What is verbal irony or sarcasm?

3000
  • I've told you this 20,000 times.
  • Cry me a river.

What is hyperbole

3000

 Using a formal tone and use precise, higher-level vocabulary. Formal writing should NOT include informal/slang words or unnecessarily repetitive words and/or Dead Words 

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What is effective word choice?

3000

The essay must include exact sentences from the text to support the answer to the prompt (these exact sentences should have quotation marks around them). There should always be at least 3-4 of these in the body (depending on amount of paragraphs, you may need to add more).

Direct Quotation

3000






The most basic solution for air pollution is to move away from fossil fuels, replacing them with alternative energies like solar, wind and geothermal. Producing clean energy is crucial. But equally important is to reduce our consumption of energy by adopting responsible habits and using more efficient devices.


What is problem and solution

3000

IMPORTANT; SIGNIFICANT

What is relevant?

4000

This homework assignment is a beast. 

My home is my castle.

What are metaphors?

4000

Including the following information (author’s name, line numbers, paragraph numbers, writing things like the author writes...,” in the excerpt, etc.)

                                   


    

What is crediting the source

4000

  • CURIOSITY - If the author’s use of suspense creates CURIOSITY, you could write something like – The author includes __(insert the information from the text)__.   in the story.  This creates suspense because it makes the reader curious because the reader questions why...  OR  This use of suspense makes the reader curious because he/she wonders if..


  • ANXIOUSNESS/TENSION - If the author’s use of suspense creates ANXIOUSNESS/TENSION , you could write something like – The author’s use of suspense makes the reader anxious about...  OR   This creates suspense because the atmosphere for the reader is tense due to...


EXPECTATION (where you expect something to happen): If the author’s use of suspense creates EXPECTATION, you could write something like - The author shows the reader that __(insert the information from the text)____.  The author’s use of suspense creates a feeling of expectation, because the reader now expects that... OR   This creates suspense because the reader is now expecting ________ to happen. 

What are the three types of suspense?

4000

Trisha stirred the large pot of stew, watching as flashes of bright orange carrot and stark white potato danced around occasionally peeking through the thick brown liquid as it bubbled and steamed.

What is description?

4000

Positive, negative and neutral

What is connotation?

5000
The air smelled salty, reminding me that the beach is nearby.
The warm doughnut tasted sweet with hints of vanilla and strawberry.
The baby's hair is soft and downy.
The little boy ran down the street.

What is imagery?

5000

First person = I, me, myself, my, we, us, our, etc. Second person = you, yourself, your

Third Person Point of View. In third-person narration, the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.

                                   


    

What are the different  points of view?

5000

After reading the excerpt from Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon, write the story from an alternate perspective (the perspective of another character in the story).


After reading “The Future of Food” by Rebecca Wilson, write an essay evaluating whether genetically modified foods should be produced and consumed.

  

What is the prompt? 

5000
  •  The specific order of events or steps of a process or procedure from the first to the last or final step
  • The specific order of things and events in terms of time from the earliest time to the latest time.

What are sequential and chronological order?

5000
The speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument. 


What is a rebuttal?

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