I give human traits to non living things
What is personification
Retelling a text in few words.
What is summary?
I have a million things to do today!
What is hyperbole
Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
She has a heart of a lion.
What is metaphor
I am a way an author can paint a strong mental picture with words
imagery or sensory language
A direct detail from a text that supports your opinion
What is evidence?
It is a modern day Adam and Eve story.
What is allusion?
Whack!
What is onomatopoeia?
Beep, Beep!
What is onomatopoeia?
I compare things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
Two words that are said together but are opposites.
What is an oxymoron?
You are as white as a ghost!
What is simile?
Roses are red, violets are blue, candy is sweet and you wish you were, too.
What is rhyme or rhyme scheme?
It was a deafening silence.
What is oxymoron?
I imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia
The name of the writing strategy you use to form a topic sentence for open-response questions.
What is CSRQ?
His mom told him to "break a leg" before he went on stage. Ten minutes later he fell down the stairs and actually did.
What is irony?
Don't knock at my heart little one... Don't knock at my door little child...
What is repetition?
“Reckon I have. Almost died first year I come to school and et them pecans — folks say he pizened ’em and put ’em over on the school side of the fence.” dialect
What is dialect?
I compare things, but I do not use "like"or "as"
What is metaphor
Author's write in order to persuade, entertain or inform...all of these are the author's ____________?
What is author's purpose?
The flowers begged for water.
What is personification?
He sure does have a chip on his shoulder!
What is idiom?
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all."
What is metaphor?