OUT OF THIS SCHOOL
the person or group of people the piece of writing is intended for
WHAT IS AUDIENCE
a comparison of two unlike things (ex. Her heart is gold, ex. You are a rock)
WHAT IS METAPHOR
a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as (ex. Her heart is like gold, ex. He is like a rock)
WHAT IS SIMILE
the repetition of beginning consonant sound in poetry (ex. Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
WHAT IS ALLITERATION
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally (Ex. Its raining cats and dogs)
WHAT IS FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
makes comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unlike (Ex. wheel is to a car as branch is to a tree)
WHAT IS ANALOGY
the use of exaggeration especially in tall tales
WHAT IS HYPERBOLE
the expression of 2 or more words that means something other than the actual meaning of its words (Ex. Hold you horse- means I am coming)
WHAT IS IDIOM
words the make sounds (ex. Bang, boom, woof, etc.)
WHAT ARE ONOMATOPOEIA
an animal that does human traits or actions in a text, passages, or story)
WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION
A PIECE OF TEXT OR WRITING THAT INVOLVES SOMEONE'S LIFE
WHAT IS BIOGRAPHY
Briefly tell the text, passage, or story with main points
WHAT IS SUMMARY OR SUMMARIZE
to foreshadow something before it happens
WHAT IS FLASHFORWARD
to use clue words or pictures in the text to discover what is not being directly stated by the author
WHAT IS INFERENCE
to go back in time
WHAT IS FLASHBACK
THIS PIECE OF TEXT OR WRITING INVOLVES YOUR OWN LIFE
WHAT IS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
to go forward in the future time
WHAT IS FLASH FORWARD
using the words before or after to know meaning of a word
WHAT IS CONTEXT CLUES
answers the question WHY (Ex. Its started raining)
WHAT IS CAUSE
answers the question WHAT (Ex. I need an umbrella)
WHAT IS EFFECT
the conversation between people in poetry, plays, and stories
WHAT IS DIALOGUE
similarities in things
WHAT IS COMPARE
the difference in things
WHAT IS CONTRAST
words that mean the same thing (Ex. Big, Large, Huge) (small, tiny, little)
WHAT IS SYNONYMS
words that mean opposite (Up-down) (tall- short)
WHAT IS ANTONYMS