Mood/Tone
Mood = ?
ME
What is this sentence an example of?
Sally sold seashells down by the seashore.
Alliteration
Simple sentence has ___ complete thought.
ONE
How is figurative language different than literal language?
Literal language is when the words mean exactly what they are. Figurative language is when the words are used to create a picture.
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, idea, or concept.
Is this mood or tone? You are the director of a horror movie. You want your audience to feel suspenseful. How will you create the scene?
MOOD
What two words are used in a simile to compare two unlike things?
LIKE or AS
A compound sentence has ___ complete thoughts independent clauses) joined by a comma and a conjunction.
TWO
Give an example of personification!
Anything where you give human qualities to a non-human object.
What is an adjective?
describing words
(Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns)
What is denotation?
The Dictionary Definition
This sentence is an example of what figurative language?
The horseshoe attracted all the luck un the world.
HYPERBOLE
Every complete sentence has ...
Subject + Predicate = Complete Sentence
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
His banjo music is medicine for the soul.
Metaphor
A verb shows ____
action
What is connotation?
The positive or negative emotional association surrounding a word.
What is a pun?
A play on words that sound or are pronounced similarly, but have different meanings.
If it is one complete thought + a dependent clause this is a ______ sentence.
COMPLEX
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
Mr. Yang does not know the capital of Wisconsin.
Irony
(Presents a situation where the outcome is the opposite of what one would normally expect.)
Adverb definition
They modify a verb or another adverb
EX: always, very, quickly, proudly, etc
Come up with a word with a POSITIVE connotation!
MANY OPTIONS!
What is a metaphor?
A DIRECT comparison between two unlike things
(does NOT use the words like or as)
A complex sentence has one independent and ___ dependent clause.
ONE
What is imagery?
Words that create a visual picture or sensory experience
(makes writing seem vivid and real)
Pronouns are ...
Words that take the place of a noun.
(She, he, they, it, us, ourselves, mine, etc)