Figurative Language
When a writer describes an object as if it were a person.
What is personification?
To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
What is an inference?
The specific order of a series of events that form a story
What is the plot?
A meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word/the feelings and emotions connected to a word
What is connotative meaning?
This is the author's attitude about a subject or an audience; the author's word choices help create this
What is tone?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Things such as a topic sentence, an introduction, body paragraphs, headings, footnotes, or graphics to further organize the text
What are text features?
Refers to where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location
What is the setting?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
The dictionary definition of a word; the explicit meaning of a word
What is denotation?
A direct comparison that states one thing is another. It isn't meant to be literal, but descriptive.
What is a metaphor?
The lesson or message in a literary text
What is theme?
The problem in the story
What is the conflict?
The category of a text, such as fiction or nonfiction
What is genre?
A word or phrase that has a meaning beyond the literal meaning of the word
What is figurative language?
An exaggeration beyond belief
What is hyperbole?
The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage
What is central idea or main idea?
The solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict
What is the resolution?
The main argument made by the author
What is a claim?
The words, facts, or ideas in a text that explain a difficult or unusual word
What are context clues?
A quirky expression or saying that is specific to a language.
What is an idiom?
An overview of the passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions.
What is an objective summary?
Persons, things, or beings in stories. They may be real or imaginary.
What are characters?
The process of pulling together background knowledge, newly learned ideas, connections, inferences and summaries into a complete and original understanding of the text
What is synthesizing?
Refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a passage
What is characterization?