Literary Devices
A comparison using the words 'like' or 'as'
What is a Simile?
Read this Sentence.
Bartholdi wrote that the seed for the Statue of Liberty was sown at the party that night.
The words "the seed for the Statue of Liberty was sown" refers to the
a. timetable for building the statue
b. first ideas about the project
c. plan for funding the project
d. design for the statue
What is B. first ideas about the project?
How long should your short response be?
What are 6-7 sentences?
Your extended response should have ________ amount of paragraphs.
What are 4-5 paragraphs?
A person, animal, person, creature, or thing in a story.
What is Character?
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick.
Jack jumps over a candle stick.
The _________ of this poem is AA.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
He hoped to drum up enthusiasm for the project as well as find an appealing location to display the work.
The use of the phrase "drum up" shows that Bartholdi needed to
a. discover the best place for exhibiting the completed project
b. reduce the cost of the project
c. create widespread public demand for the project
d. teach the public about the reason for the project.
What is C. create widespread public demand for the project?
You need to use ______ to support your answer
What are 2 details?
The purpose of the blank page before the essay question.
What is to Plan?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is Plot?
The tree said "I'm so lonely"
What is Personification?
He discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts, causing him to be erroneously credited as the inventor of peanut butter.
What does erroneously mean?
what is incorrectly?
Your Extended response should have ______ amount of evidence from the text.
What are 4-6 pieces of evidence?
Time and place in which a story is told.
What is the Setting?
words like 'hiss', 'buzz', and 'bang' are examples of what?
what is Onomatopoeia?
What is Botany?
After the writing prompt, there are at least 4 bullet points underneath it. What is the purpose of those bullet points?
What is to keep the writer on track?
This can have two meanings. One meaning is 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person. The other meaning is the character's perspective.
What is the Point Of View?
extravagant exaggeration is used to emphasize a point.
what is a Hyperbole?
What is the highest grade you can get on your extended response?
what is a 4?
When you think about the overall message or lesson the author is trying to convey to its readers.
What is the Theme?