Figurative Language
An exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole?
There, Their, and They're have three different meanings. This one means it belongs to someone.
This type of noun is capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
To avoid plagiarism, you need to do this when you use the author's exact words.
What is use quotation marks?
This is the ELA word for reading between the lines.
What is inference?
A comparison that uses like or as
Less and fewer mean the same thing, but you use this one when it is countable.
What is fewer?
What is the y becomes an i?
This is a one sentence summary of your paper.
What is a thesis?
This is the number one strategy for a reading question.
What is re-reading?
A comparison that does not use like or as
What is a metaphor?
What is a comma.
This is a kindergarten language arts standard regarding your own name.
What is capitalization?
This type of source is a first hand account of what happened.
What is a primary source.
These types of stories have figurative language and are creative.
What is literary?
A story or poem that has more than one meaning, one literal, one figurative
What is an allegory?
When you are listing items you use this punctuation.
What is a colon.
One of these is a measure of time: minuet or minute
What is minute?
When you use a source's ideas but put it in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
These types of passages are more like science or history based.
What is informational?
Giving objects human characteristics
What is personification?
You use this type of punctuation to show possession and contractions
What is an apostrophe?
One of these is a school you go to after high school: college or collage
What is college?
In MLA formatting this is what the list of all of your sources is called.
What is the Works Cited?
This is the best strategy for vocab questions.
What is using context clues?