Figurative Language
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU TREAT ABSTRACTIONS OR INANIMATE OBJECTS AS HUMAN? PERSONIFICATION ONOMATOPOEIA REPETITION
Personification
WHAT IS A SERIES OF LINES GROUPED TOGETHER AND SEPARATED BY AN EMPTY LINE FROM OTHER SECTIONS OF THE POEM. THEY ARE THE EQUIVALENT OF A PARAGRAPH IN AN ESSAY. (LYRIC, STANZA, RHYME)
Stanza
What does the pre-fix "Im" mean?
Not
When writing to an author's goal is to share information that is typically real and factual.
Inform
THE BRAVE___RODE NORTH ON A WHITE HORSE. (NIGHT, KNIGHT, NITE)
Knight
My dog has a bark as loud as thunder.
Simile
THE TAJ MAHAL IS A BUILDING IN INDIA. AIR POLLUTION HAS CAUSED THE WHITE MARBLE WALLS TO TURN YELLOW. TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM, WORKERS USED CHEMICALS TO CLEAN THE MARBLE. WHAT WORD MEANS DEAL WITH?
Tackle
WHICH WORD IS A SYNONYM FOR AMUSING? GIGGLE LAUGH FUNNY
Funny
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GUESTS: HANG YOUR JACKETS IN THE CLOSET. PLACE YOUR SHOES ON THE RACK. PUT YOUR GLOVES AND HATS IN THE BASKET ON THE TOP SHELF.
To Inform
DID YOU ____THE NEW MATH TEACHER YET? (MEAT, MEET)
Meet
My brother is taller than a skyscraper.
Hyperbole
She was funny as ever, even though she did not think she was. Everyone around her loved her jokes. One day she was going to be a comedian.
What is the Point of View?
Third Person POV
What does the pre-fix "Re" mean?
Again
ARE WEEDS TAKING OVER YOUR GARDEN? HIRE GREEN THUMB GARDENERS TO PREPARE YOUR GARDEN FOR SPRING.
To Persuade
The prince is the (Air, Heir) to the throne
Heir
Your son was a shining star in my classroom.
Metaphor
Name 3 Elements of Drama
Acts, Scenes, Script, Dialogue, Cast of Characters, etc.
A picture taken by the use of photography, with a
camera, phone, etc.; included to show or support an idea or help the reader understand or visualize something.
Graph, Photograph, Illustration
Photograph
WHEN MR. ROY WIGGLED, ALL THE KIDS GIGGLED. MR. ROY SAID, "BOO!" THEN ALL THE KIDS DID, TOO.
To Entertain
SANDRA WORE A___PURPLE SHIRT TO SCHOOL. (PLANE, PLAIN)
Plain
SATURN'S LARGEST MOON, TITAN, HAS A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF -290F. EVEN SCIENTISTS AT NASA SPECULATE THAT THERE MAY BE LIFE ON TITAN. WHAT WORD MEANS THINK OR WONDER ABOUT SOMETHING?
Speculate
What does RACE stand for? How can it be used in school?
Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite Text Evidence
Explain your evidence
RACE can be used in all long and short constructed responses in any subject that contains a response to the question
Instructions that tell the actors what to do, where
to go, how to move, or how to say the lines; usually in parentheses ( ) or brackets [ ].
Stage Directions
VOTE FOR BEN ALEXANDER FOR CITY COUNCIL. HE'LL STAND UP FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR TOWN'S HARD-WORKING CITIZENS.
To Persuade
THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE AT THE___OF THE FIRE. (SCENE, SEEN)
Scene