Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as
Simile
Name the four types of writing.
Expository, Persuasive, Narrative, and Techincal
A simple retelling of what you've just read.
Summary
a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
Tone
Predicting something that will happen later in the story
Foreshadow
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
1st sentence in an essay used to grab reader's attention. can be an anecdote, startling fact, or quote
hook
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
Theme
What you feel while reading
Mood
Relating a scene that has happened in the past
Flashback
When you give human traits to inanimate objects.
Personification
Something used to help strengthen what is being written
Evidence/Support
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
Inference
the use of vivid sensory language in literature
imagery
When someone says or does something and the exact opposite happens
Irony
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
an opinion offered in opposition to another position
Counterargument
The perspective from which a story is told
Point of View
a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem
Stanza
the use of irony to mock something
Sarcasm
used to make something seem less important than it really is
understatement
The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
Author's Purpose
Name the five stages of a story map
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
the recurrence of a rhythmic pattern in poetry
Meter
The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character
Characterization