Figurative Language
A figurative comparison that compares two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'.
What is a metaphor?
Jane needed to get to softball practice early, but her mom was still at work. So she called her best friend's mom and got permission to ride with them to the practice.
This is an example of what structure?
What is problem and solution?
This is found at the very top of a passage, gives a hint to the information included, and is often in bold text and/or underlined.
What is the title?
These are the people or animals in a story.
What are the characters?
Split, Split
These are examples of which: synonyms, antonyms, homographs, or homophones
What are homographs?
He is as fast as lightning!
This is an example of what?
What is a simile?
These support the main idea in a passage.
What are details?
This text is in a thicker and darker font, in order to draw attention to the word.
What is bolded text?
This is where and when the story takes place.
What is the setting?
These are examples of which: synonyms, antonyms, homographs, or homophones
What are antonyms?
He is a lion when his sister takes his things without asking.
This is an example of what?
What is compare and contrast?
This is found at the top of a new section in a nonfiction text and is often underlined or in bold print.
What is a heading?
Another word for the problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
These are found around a word and are used to find the meaning of an unknown word.
What are context clues?
The phrase, "It's raining cats and dogs", is an example of what?
What is an idiom?
What is a venn diagram?
This is used just like a dictionary, but it includes vocabulary definitions specific to a text.
What is a glossary?
The lesson or moral learned from the passage.
What is the theme?
This type of passage includes character lists/descriptions, stage directions, and lines.
(drama, poetry, or prose)
What is a drama?
What are old, wise sayings, such as "The early bird catches the worm", called?
What are proverbs and adages?
The boy was riding his bike too fast, and he wrecked into the tree.
This is an example of what structure?
What is cause and effect?
These words are found at the top of a dictionary or glossary page and give the first and last word found on the page.
What are guide words?
This is the element that is what the story is about. It includes the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
What is the plot?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem.