Examples of figurative language
Simile
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
Exposition
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
Description
a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
Phrase
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.
A. C. E. Method
designed to help writers organize their writing and support their thinking to form constructed responses for informative/explanatory compositions.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Rising Action
the section of a story that leads toward its climax.
Cause & Effect
the operation or relation of a cause and its effect.
Clause
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
Different POV's
1st person POV uses the pronouns “I” and “we.” 2nd person POV uses the pronoun “you.” 3rd person POV uses the pronouns “she,” “he,” “they,” and “it.” 3rd person limited is when the narrator only knows the thoughts of one person.
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something
Compare & Contrast
showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way.
Simple Sentence
a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate
Conflict
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Onomatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
Falling Action
the action that occurs immediately after the big climax has taken place and the action shifts towards resolution instead of escalation
Chronology/Sequence
the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.
Compound Sentence
Modifier
a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something.
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Conclusion
the end or finish of an event or process.
Problem& Solution
a format of writing that involves setting up the structure of written text to show different problems and then how the problem is solved.
Complex Sentence
Main Idea
A general statement about the paragraph (or reading selection).