Figurative Language
“He’s a walking encyclopedia” is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
This is the most dramatic part of a story.
What is the climax?
The "C" in CER stands for this.
What is a "claim"?
This word should always be capitalized, even in the middle of a sentence.
What is "I"?
This clue in the sentence — "He was frigid in the snow and needed a coat or blanket to stop the shivering" — helps you figure out that 'frigid' means this.
What is very cold?
“The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of this.
What is personification?
A character struggling to survive a flood shows this type of conflict.
What is character vs nature?
The part of an essay that explains how the evidence proves your point.
What is "reasoning"?
These little things surround evidence that's used, word for word, from the original author.
What are quotation marks?
This clue in the sentence — "He was reluctant to join the game, and kept looking back at his parents" — helps you figure out that 'reluctant' means this.
What is unwilling or hesitant?
“My backpack weighs a ton” uses this type of exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
These two things are introduced in the exposition of a story.
What are characters and setting?
This sentence tells the reader what the entire essay is about.
What is a thesis statement?
Every sentence ends in one of these.
What is a period?
This clue in the sentence — "The directions were so convoluted that no one could figure out how to build the model airplane" — helps you figure out that 'convoluted' means this.
What is complicated or confusing?
"She was as brave as a lion" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
This literary device gives hints about what will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
These are the three types of essays we've written this year.
What are narrative, informative, and explanatory?
This is the message or lesson of a story.
What is theme?
This clue in the sentence — "The movie was so tedious that half the audience fell asleep" — helps you figure out that 'tedious' means this.
What is boring or too long and dull?
"It was raining cats and dogs" is an example of this.
What is an idiom?
When you use context clues to figure out something that's not explicitly stated.
What is inference?
This part of an argumentative essay responds to the other side.
What is the rebuttal or refutation?
This word helps ideas flow between paragraphs.
What is a transition?
This clue in the sentence — "The debris from the broken building covered the entire street" — helps you figure out that 'debris' means this.
What is pieces of trash or rubble?