Figurative Language
Uses "like" or "as" to compare two things
What is a Simile?
when an author writes for someone to enjoy what they wrote...
What is to entertain?
What is "The Hunger Games"?
The problem faced by a character.
What is conflict?
You will be asked to read multiple of these throughout the year.
What are books?
When the truth is stretched. An over exaggeration.
What is Hyperbole?
When an author tries to convince the reader to believe in something or to do something...
What is to persuade?
This seven-book series features the protagonist in every title and follows his adventures within a wizarding world.
What is "Harry Potter"?
The part of the book when the conflict is solved.
What is resolution?
What you need to finish before the first day of school
What is the summer reading assignment?
Compares two things that are not alike and does not use "like" or "as"
What is a Metaphor?
When an author wants you to know something or teach you something
What is to inform?
This dystopian series, that features Thomas and Theresa, starts when a confused boy wakes up in the middle of a box with no memory of how he got there.
What is "The Maze Runner"?
The highest point of action or the turning point in a story
What is climax?
What book do you need to read before school starts?
What is "Rash," "Hooper," "Speak" or "Brown Girl Dreaming"?
An expression peculiar (strange) to our language that means something different from the literal (actual) meaning of the words.
What is an idiom?
What is the author's purpose here?
Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed.
What is to entertain?
This middle-grade book is bright blue and features an image on the cover of a boy with only one eye. This recent movie release features the boy on the cover and follows him as he experiences the ups and downs of 5th grade.
What is "Wonder"?
The sequence of main events that is the story
What is plot?
A term we learned today from our summer assignment that means "a coming of age novel."
What is bildungsroman?
"The stars will cry the blackest tears tonight."
This is an example of when a non-human thing is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
What is the author's purpose here?
The giant panda is a bearlike animal that has thick white fur with black markings on its ears, limbs, shoulders, and around its eyes. The giant panda feeds on bamboo forests at high altitudes in western China. It also eats bulbs, roots, eggs, and some small mammals. The cubs are born in late winter. The giant panda is an endangered species and is protected by the Chinese government.
What is to inform?
This action-packed adventure book came out as a movie this spring and mostly took place in a virtual world called "The Oasis" as many characters searched for an "egg" hidden within.
What is "Ready, Player One"?
The situations or events that develop the conflict and build tension
What is rising action?
An English teacher at BSM
Who is Ms. Preus? (or any other correct English teacher that you name!)