Figurative Language
Compares two things that are not alike by using like or as
What is simile
a type of figurative language where extreme exaggeration is used to emphasize a quality about someone or something for example
What is Hyperbole
What does ToSEEC stand for?
Topic Sentence
Evidence
Elaboration
Closing Statement
is the author's attitude towards a subject or character
What is Tone
The first thing you should do for the TDA
Read the prompt
The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like ore as.
What is Metaphor
The use of words and phrases to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.
What is Imagery
What is the purpose of a topic statement?
Introduce your main idea
the feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader.
What is Mood
First, next, in conclusion
transition words/phrases
giving human qualities to nonliving things
What is personification
you snore louder than a freight train
What is Hyperbole
Correct the format of the following evidence:
"Mollie in fact was missing". page 43.
"Mollie in fact was missing" (43).
a message about life or the moral to a story
What is Theme
Name four of the lenses through which you can read
Setting, Theme, Character Development, Genre, Text Structure, Point of View, Text Features, Author's Purpose
is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
What type of figurative language is the following example:
The classroom is a zoo!
What is metaphor?
Name three text structures
Cause and effect, chronological, problem and solution, compare and contrast, description
The narrator is a character in the story, and uses I and we.
What is First-person point of view
What lens can you use on any TDA passage?
Author's Purpose
The trees danced in the wind.
What is Personification?
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
What is Alliteration
How long should a paragraph be?
The narrator is not a character in the story and uses pronouns such as he, she, his, and her. The narrator also knows every character's thoughts.
3rd-person omniscient POV
How much of your PSSA score comes from your TDA?
25%