Figurative Language
This is an extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This latin root means water.
What is aqua?
a word that shows action or a state of being
What is a verb?
A line of poetry
What is verse
A type of literature that tells about imaginary characters or events
What is fiction?
This is a comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
This latin root means to see or look.
What is spec?
modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb
What is an adverb?
Three line poem about nature
Haiku
What is the Reading Strategy used for reading passages and answering questions?
What is UNWRAP?
U-underline the title
N-number the paragraphs
W-walk through Q & A
R-read the passage
A-answer the ?s
P-prove your answer
This is a comparison that does not use like or as. Example, the sun is a yellow ball in the sky.
What is metaphor?
This latin root means foot.
What is ped?
I, you, he, she, it
What is a pronoun?
Number of lines it contains (referred to as a paragraph in prose)
Stanza
A story written to be performed
What is drama?
A phrase that means something different than its literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
This greek root means heat.
What is therm?
identifies the location of something
What is a preposition?
My words are arranged in a shape that reflects my subject?
What is a concrete poem?
A story of the writer's own life
What is an autobiography?
A future event is mentioned earlier in a story, or makes you predict what might be coming
What is foreshadow?
This greek root means to write.
What is graph?
a type of verb that shows the continuous action of past, present, or future using the form of be (was, am, will be)
What is Progressive Tense verbs?
one who writes poetry
What is a poet?
An oral story that has been told from generation to generation
What is a folktale?