Word Choice
These are the 5 senses that writers use imagery to describe.
Hearing, Seeing, Tasting, Touching, and Smelling
This phrase means to consider two or more ideas, people, or objects to determine similarities and differences.
Compare and contrast
Identify the subject in the sentence.
”The cat chased the mouse.”
The cat
This device compares two unlike things using ”like“ or “as.”
Simile
This word means to use descriptive language that describes what you are seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.
Imagery
The following sentence is an example of this sense.
”The salty sea hits my nose.”
Smell
This word means to give a shortened version with main points.
Summarize
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list, after introduction phrases, or to separate clauses.
Comma
This device gives human characteristics to objects that are not human.
Personification
This technique provides hints about future events that will occur.
Foreshadowing
This is a synonym for the word “happy.”
Joyful
Pleased
Delighted
This word means to draw a conclusion or educated guess, using evidence provided.
Infer
This type of clause can stand on its own as a simple sentence and has a subject.
Independent clause
This is an example of onomatopoeia.
Whoosh
Bam
Crash
Boom
The following sentence is an example of this sentence structure.
”The man went to the store.”
Simple Sentence
This word could be used to replace “pretty” in the following sentence and add more precise language.
”The path was lined with pretty flowers.”
Vibrant
Bright
Colorful
Beautiful
This word means to look closer or to examine a piece of writing.
Analyze
This type of clause cannot stand alone and relies on an independent clause.
Dependent clause
The following sentence is an example of this figurative language.
“Time is money.’
Combine these sentences into one.
“She loves to read. She has many books.”
”She loves to read and has many books.”
What is an antonym for the word “ancient.”
Modern
New
Young
Explain
Simplify the following sentence to make it clearer.
”Running quickly, the finish line was crossed by the athlete.”
”The athlete crossed the finish line quickly.”
The following sentence is an example of this figurative language.
”Sally sells seashells by the seashore.”
Alliteration
This sentence structure includes one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Complex Sentence