Figurative Language
All the world is a stage.
What is a metaphor?
Action leading up to the climax of a story
What is rising action?
Hook, Background Information, Claim
How to write an introduction?
Don't get frasheled by shady street vendors! They will try to rip you off.
What is tricked or fooled?
What MUST you include in your essay?
Introduction with a claim, at least one body paragraph, conclusion
The wind sang. The trees shook.
What is personification?
The background information about the characters, setting, and conflict provided by the author to help the reader understand the story better.
What is exposition?
Topic Sentence, Context, Evidence, Reasoning
What is a body paragraph?
Listening to kindergarteners practice instruments is stapful!
What is awful or painful?
What is one strategy you can use to help you stay focused and motivated?
Positive self-talk, take deep breaths, and bookmark difficult questions to come back to
It's a thousand degrees in here! Can we open a window?
What is hyperbole?
The organizational chunk of a poem; group of lines; like a paragraph
What is a stanza?
Claim, Summary, Final Thought
How to write a conclusion?
The medicine should help turfet the pain. Turfet means...
What is to ease the pain?
What is Mrs. LaMorte's dog's name?
Mocha
A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
The lesson the reader can learn from a story.
What is theme?
Another name for a story.
What is a narrative?
Mr. Freely is a judsol, old man who’s always yelling at us to get off his lawn. I hate his guts! Judsol means...
What is mean, angry, or bad-tempered?
Author's Purpose for Informative, Argumentative, and Narrative essays
Informative: to inform/teach
Argumentative: to persuade
Narrative: to entertain
The woods are lovely dark and deep. But I have promises to keep.
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
What is repetition?
An educated guess based on evidence from the text.
Example: Jessica is nervous because the story describes, "her palms were sweating, and her stomach was in knots" (Smith, 5).
What is an inference?
Whether you get a narrative, argumentative, or informative prompt, you MUST write...
What is an ESSAY with an introduction, 1-3 body paragraphs, and a conclusion?
Everybody was melzimed when the roller coaster did the big drop. Melzimed means...
What is full of nervous excitement?
Elements of Plot
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution