Literary Devices
An extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It is like the opposite of “understatement.”
What is a hyperbole?
This type of sentence asks a question.
What is interrogative?
Something that is inferred; especially : a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence
What is inference?
Austin, TX
What is the capital of Texas?
The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as.
The primary purpose of texts that are written to inform is to enlighten the reader or provide the reader with information about a topic.
Person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word.
White House
What is where the president lives?
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz)
We should have free dress day every Friday because we work hard during the week.
Students
A word that shows action
What is a verb?
Important information that tells more about the overall idea of a paragraph or section of a text.
Sylvester Turner
Who is the mayor of Houston?
The primary purpose of texts that are written to entertain is to amuse readers.
What is to entertain?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Statements that explain, develop, and illustrate the author's main idea (can be facts or opinions).
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines
What are the military branches?
The commencement of two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group (consonantal alliteration) as in from stem to stern, or with a vowel sound that may differ from syllable to syllable (vocalic alliteration) as in each to all.
Is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer. More broadly defined, an author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility for what was created.
A sentence that makes a command.
What is a declarative sentence?
To summarize means to sum up the main points of something
What is summarize?
Effect and Affect
What is one is a noun and one is a verb?