Figurative Language
Visually descriptive, typically figurative language, especially in a literary work.
What is imagery?
The process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it.
What is analy7sis?
an active reading strategy to help you stay engaged in the reading process, and retain the information in the text.
What are annotations?
the place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.
What is home?
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with a different thing (using “like” or “as”).
What is a simile?
a specific, arguable, clear statement
What is a claim?
reading something with a determination to understand and evaluate it for its relevance to your needs
What is active reading?
the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others
What is identity?
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
the evidence and rationale that supports a claim
What is reasoning?
the way someone sees the world
What is perspective?
describe how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics “intersect” with one another and overlap
What is intersectional identity?
Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical; representing by a figure or resemblance: emblematic.
What is figurative language?
the way in which the author allows you to “see” and “hear” the text
What is point-of-view?
Signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning.
What is connotative?
an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art, literature, or a life; always unsaid
What is a theme?
focuses on the deeper meaning or message that the reader is meant to consider (a sentence)
What is the main idea?
The three different kinds of point-of-view and their indicators. (You must have an example for each to receive the points.)
the way in which the author allows you to “see” and “hear” the text
1) first-person→ A character tells the story. (“I”)
2) second-person-->A character addresses someone. (“you”)
3) third-person→ A narrator, or outsider, tells the story (“he”/“she”/“they”)