Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is being used? Personification, Hyperbole, Simile, Metaphor, or Idiom?
My friends were just pulling my leg.
Idiom
List all three types of writing task that you might see on the NJSLA
LAT, RST, Narrative
where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
a struggle between a person or an outside force
What is external conflict
a t comparison of two different things using "as" or "like"
What is metaphor
Spell the word that is spelled wrong correctly
The foregn exchange students loved her new school
foreign
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax
The reason why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose?
a repeated idea, object, word or phrase that has a symbolic meaning
Motif
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
Capitalize all proper nouns in the following sentence:
ryan's birthday is on saturday 28th february.
Ryan, Saturday, February
the main events of a short story
What is plot
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
List 3 sentence starters that you use when you are citing evidence in writing.
According to the text, it states,
The author wrote,
On page _ of the text it states,
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
What is a thesis statement?
It is the main idea of your essay, it tells readers what your essay will be about.
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
What is mood?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is inference?
Madam Madison made a million moon cakes.
Alliteration
Write a thesis statement to the following task:
In the passages from Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the narrators have points of view different from those of their parents. Write an essay analyzing how these differences in points of view create tension in both stories. Remember to use details from both texts to support your ideas.
Answer may vary
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________
What is analogy