Unit 1 Topics
It is written in stanzas and includes line breaks.
What is poetry?
She swam like a fish in that race.
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile?
The lesson or message in the story. Can fit with many stories.
What is Theme?
Different words that have the same meaning.
What is synonyms?
A conflict that takes place within someone
What is internal conflict?
Regular writing in paragraph or sentence form.
What is prose?
What figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
What the text is mainly about. It is specific to one story.
What is antonyms?
A conflict that takes place outside of someone/something
What is external conflict?
A type of writing where the author uses pronouns like "I", "me", "my", "we".
What is first person point of view?
Splash went the water as she jumped in and started swimming.
What type of figurative language is found in this sentence?
What is an onomatopoeia?
The reason an author writes a text.
What does "directly stated" mean when talking about information in a text?
The information is found word for word in the text. Also referred to as "explicitly stated".
This sentence type has two independent clauses combined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
A writing that is written by an author telling the story of another persons life.
What is biographical writing?
The sun was smiling down on the soccer fields that day.
What type of figurative language is shown in the sentence?
What is personification?
to inform the reader
to entertain the reader
to persuade the reader
These are examples of what?
Author's purpose
What does "indirectly stated" mean when referring to information in a text?
It is not clearly stated word for word, but the reader must use clues from the text to figure it out. Also referred to as "implicitly stated".
The teachers went to Mrs. Lonsway's house on Friday.
"Mrs. Lonsway's" is what type of proper noun?
A type of writing where an author uses the pronouns "he", "she", "his", "her".
What is 3rd person point of view?
Roses are red
violets are blue
I love you
And you love me too
Together we will be
Forever you and me
What lines make up a stanza?
Lines 1-4 and lines 5-6
What does the word "informal" mean?
Casual writing that does not use sophisticated language.
A conclusion based off evidence and reason.
I went to the store.
Which word is a common noun?
store