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 is annotations?
land held in trust by the federal government for Native American tribes to live.
What is a reservation?
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?
the way someone sees the world
What is perspective?
prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.
What is oppression?
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?
focuses on the deeper meaning or message that the reader is meant to consider (a sentence)
What is the main idea?
the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
What is colonization?
Departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical; representing by a figure or resemblance: emblematic.
What is figurative language?
stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt
What is explicit?
the way in which the author allows you to “see” and “hear” the text
What is point-of-view?
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority
What is hierarchy?
Signifying or suggestive of an associative or secondary meaning in addition to the primary meaning.
What is connotative?
implied though not plainly expressed
What is implicit?
an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art, literature, or a life; always unsaid (usually 1-3 words)
What is theme?
describe how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics “intersect” with one another and overlap
What is intersectional identity?
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence or reasoning
What is an inference?
The three different types of point-of-view. Be sure to include the indicators for each for full points.
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”)