Figurative Language
Compares two things, uses words such as "like", "as", and "than."
What is a simile?
The stop at the end of a sentence.
What is a period?
First paragraph, introduces main idea.
What is an introduction paragraph?
Person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
The name of the story.
What is the title?
When a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it's not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
Indicates a pause in between a sentence.
What is a comma?
Middle paragraphs, the building blocks of an essay.
What are the body paragraphs?
Words that describe an action.
What is a verb?
Person who writes the story.
What is the author?
Exaggerated statement.
What is a hyperbole?
To introduce a list, quote, or explanation.
What is a colon?
Last paragraph, summarizes the essay.
What is the conclusion?
Describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
Person who treats the pictures for a story.
What is an illustrator?
Contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
What is an oxymoron?
To indicate a phrase to show someone else has written or said it.
What are quotation marks?
Typically appears at the end of the first paragraph, the main point or claim of the essay.
What is the thesis statement?
Describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
Time, place, and where the story took place.
What is the setting?
WOW! POW! SMASH! BOOM! POP!
What is onomatopoeia?
One or more words have been intentionally left out.
What is ellipsis mark?
Summarizes main idea of a paragraph, usually first sentence of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Replaces a noun. Ex: I, He, She, You, it.
What is a pronoun?
Series of events that happen in a story.
What is the plot?