Figurative Language
Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The three items that should always be capitalized.
What are proper nouns, I, and the beginning of the sentence?
In the morning I wake up early.
What punctuation is missing from this sentence?
What is a comma?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
To use clues from the text and your own knowledge to read between the lines.
What is an inference?
An extreme exaggeration not meant to be taken literally
What is a hyperbole?
A group of words that contain the subject and all the words that describe that subject.
What is the complete subject?
Put in the correct punctuation
John Marie and I went to the store the movies and back home.
What is: John, Marie, and I went to the store, the movies, and back home.
The most exciting or intense part of a story; the turning point.
What is climax?
A brief statement of the main points of a text
What is a summary?
Giving human qualities to non-human objects
What is personification
The error when there are no periods in a paragraph.
What is a run-on?
Put in the correct punctuation:
The wind was blowing hard but we didn't need a coat
What is The wind was blowing hard, but we didn't need a coat.
A struggle in the text
What is conflict?
Using pieces of text to support your analysis or answer
What is text evidence?
A comparison between two unlike things not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A modifier that describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
Put in the correct punctuation:
John and I love fishing we also like going hiking
What is John and I love fishing; we also like going hiking.
The central message or lesson learned in a piece of literature.
What is theme?
The author's reason for writing (persuade, inform, or entertain)
What is author's purpose?
Words like "buzz" or "hiss" that imitate the sound they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
Identify the subject and verb must agree in this way.
What is subject-verb agreement?
Put in the correct punctuation:
Mom asked Will you go to the store for me
What is: Mom asked, "Will you go to the store for me?"
When the narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like I and me.
What is first-person point of view?
To explain how two things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?