Vocabulary
What is conflict?
The problem in a story.
I run to the park to see my friends.
I ran to the park to see my friends.
I am fiction, but can be based on true events.
Narrative
I had bacon biscuits gravy and juice for breakfast
I had bacon, biscuits, gravy, and juice for breakfast.
Her eyes twinkle like the stars
Simile
What are context clues?
I work at the grocery store.
My sister works at the zoo.
I work at the grocery store, and my sister works at the zoo.
I want to make you think/believe as I do
Persuasive
Mom will you help me
Mom, will you help me?
She has a heart of gold
Metaphor
What is setting?
Time and place a story takes place.
Driving home, the roads were slippery.
The roads were slippery while driving home.
I only give facts
Informational
February 4, 1956, is my mom's birthday.
Correct
Tiny Tim taught Thomas to talk.
Alliteration
What is theme?
The moral/lesson/what the author wants you to take away form a story.
Being born six feet tall, Derrick wondered how baby giraffes learn to walk so quickly.
Derrick wondered how baby giraffes, while being born six feet tall, learn to walk so quickly?
I must have a rebuttal/counterclaim
Argumentative
The rain was pouring down; we decided to stay inside.
Correct, both thoughts are independent and could stand alone as a complete sentence.
CRASH!
Onomatopoeia
What is imagery?
Descriptive words used in writing that relate to your 5 senses
She arrived home and fell onto the sofa covered in sweat.
Covered in sweat, she arrived home and fell onto the sofa.
How does figurative language contribute to your writing or passages you read?
It helps give the reader a better understanding of how the author feels or views something.
Let's eat Grandma.
comma between eat and grandma
I have told you a million times to get quiet.
Hyperbole