Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things, using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The text describes events by using dates.
What is chronological order?
Primary
What is "main"?
The moment in the story where the setting and characters are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The author's belief about a topic.
Claim or Position
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The text describes a problem and how to solve it.
What is problem and solution?
Controlling Idea
What is the main idea that the writer is trying to get across to the reader?
The problem of the story.
What is the conflict?
You need this in order to prove your claim.
Support or Evidence
A comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Something happens and the text describes various causes for what happened.
What is cause and effect?
What is the article that you are reading on STAAR?
Tension is building during this part of the story.
What is the rising action?
This type of evidence appeals to the reader's emotion.
What is emotional appeal or pathos?
What is personification?
The text lists similarities and differences about two topics.
What is compare and contrast?
aligned
What is lined up or matching?
The last intense moment of the story.
What is the climax?
This type of evidence appeals to an author's logic or reasoning.
What is logical appeal or logos?
Give an example of a simile.
Answers vary.
The text goes into detail about a topic.
What is description?
Highlight
What is to focus on or emphasize?
The ending of the story.
What is the resolution?
This type of evidence appeals to the author's credibility.
What is ethos?