Structure
The author's outlook on a scenario or topic
What is author point of view
Jon is like a robot: he has no emotion
This is an example of what form of figurative language
What is a simile?
The emotion of a piece of writing
What is a mood?
"He is an encyclopedia when it comes to chess" is an example of this form of figurative language
What is a metaphor
What is the main idea
The main action a subject takes
what is a predicate?
This structure is used to tell events in the order they happened
What is literal
The sun smiled and chased away the angry clouds.
This is an example of
What is personification
The attitude or sound of a piece of writing
What is tone?
The person, place, or thing a sentence focuses on. Always a noun or pronoun.
What is the subject?
These are the three major reasons why an author writes a piece
What are to persuade, inform and entertain?
The feeling or connection a word creates
What is the Connotation?
Cheaters never win or it important to value your family is an example of this in a story
What is theme?
"She sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of this sound device
What is alliteration?
This is a conclusion you can draw based on what you have read
What is an inference?
The students were given a test. This is an example of this voice
what is passive voice?
This structure focuses on the reasons events happen and their outcome
what is cause and effect?
When only one character in a drama speaks for an extended period of time. The opposite of a dialogue
what is a monologue?
That was a piece of cake! is an example of this figurative language
What is an idiom?
The author's opinions and how he/she sees the world
Author Point of View
This is a genre of poem with a strict rhyme scheme and fourteen lines that usually communicates some message about love or beauty.
What is a sonnet?
A reference to something, whether it's historical, literary, or cultural
What is an allusion?
Homestead Senior High School and South Dade High are both great schools in Homestead, but South Dade has better sports teams. What structure is this paragraph?
What is compare and contrast?
When an individual uses words to express the opposite of what they truly mean
What is verbal irony?
These are the four ways that an author can reveal a character's point of view
What are feelings, actions, speech, and thought?
This is a type of literature that is written to be performed in front of an audience
What is a drama?
This another world for an appeal to ethics, or what is right and wrong
What is ETHOS
what is free verse?
Mary: I don't want to go to school!
Her mother: That doesn't matter. You still have to go!
Mary: fine, but I won't like it
This is an example of
What is dialogue/conflict
The way the story ends
What is the resolution
I can hear sweat trickling down your cheek. Your heartbeat sound like Sasquatch feet. Thundering, shaking the concrete
This is an example of this figurative language"
what is imagery?
The difference between what is expected and what happens [dramatic, verbal, and situational are examples]
What is irony?
*Boom* *Bang* *CRASH!*
These are examples of
What is Onomatopoeia?
When someone writes the story of another REAL person
This is what we call an imperfect rhyme
What is a slant rhyme?
This "C" word, often used in questions, means to communicate
What is CONVEY