Figurative Language
This is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
What is an allusion?
To quote a passage and tell the reader where you found the information.
What is cite?
This refers to an instance in which one thing appears to be true, but is actually the opposite.
What is irony?
This refers to the emotional or psychological associations a word carries with it.
What is connotation.
Refer to the text and your schema or background knowledge when making an ________.
What is an inference
This word is a synonym for the following: communicate, reveal, disclose, relay
What is convey
a short statement that informs the audience or reader of the main ideas of a longer piece of writing
What is summary?
This is a summary that does not include any opinions or judgments about what is written in the text. Instead, it only includes information that comes from the text.
What is an objective summary?
Choose simile, metaphor or personification: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." - Shakespeare
What is a metaphor?
The author's main point in a selection.
What is central idea?
Every strong or best answer will require this kind of evidence or support
Textual evidence.
This is the attitude of the author toward the subject and characters of a story. It is important in determining the author's purpose of the story. Pay attention to the diction in a text to determine this.
What is tone.
This can be revealed through a character's actions, their dialogue, their appearance, their thoughts, or the thoughts and comments of other characters
what is characterization
the use of a concrete image to represent an abstract idea
What is a symbolism
To do this use context clues or look for familiar root words or other word parts
to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word
A word used to describe how something "affects" or "influences" something else.
What is impacts?
This is the writer's motive or reason for writing. It can be to persuade, inform, entertain (amuse), or explain.
What is author's purpose
This compares things in order to give them more detail. This is used to help the reader better understand what we are trying to describe and allow for deeper understanding.
What is figurative language
how the author feels about the subject
What is author's perspective
This can create humor or suspense in a literary work
What is to irony?
the use of language to create images in the mind of the reader (includes figurative language to improve the reader’s experience through their senses.)
What is imagery
This word means to make an improvement, clarify, clear, or enhance
What is refine