Figurative Language
When nonhuman things are given human actions, like deadlines that “snarl” or joy that “dances.”
Personification
What is the author’s purpose of this sentence: “Recycling helps reduce pollution and save energy.”
Inform
This sentence contains both a dependent and an independent clause, where the dependent clause cannot stand alone and depends on the independent clause to make sense.
Complex
This is the author's attitude or feeling toward the subject matter or audience, often conveyed through word choice and style.
Tone
This text structure explains how two or more things are alike and different.
compare and contrast
Words like “tick-tock,” “boom,” and “thud” imitate real sounds.
Onomatopoeia
What is the author’s purpose: “Click here to find out why this game is the best ever.”
Persuade
This sentence has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
2-way Compound
In a passage where the author uses exaggerated, dramatic language to create a sense of urgency or fear, the tone can be described as what?
Alarmed, Dramatic, Fearful
When a text explains why something happened and what happened as a result, it is using this structure.
Cause and effect
Phrases such as “a wildfire of thoughts” and “a stormy sea of emotion” describe one thing as if it were another.
Metaphor
What is the author’s purpose: “The dragon curled around the tower, guarding its treasure.”
Entertain
After we finished our homework, we watched a movie.
Complex sentence
Tone differs from mood because tone relates to the ____________, but mood is about the ________.
Author/ Reader
This text structure organizes events in the order they happen over time.
chronological order
Groups of words like “worrying, whirling thoughts” and “bright, bubbling bliss” repeat beginning consonant sounds.
Alliteration
What is the author’s purpose: “Students should be allowed more recess because it improves focus.”
Persuade
She likes reading books, and her brother prefers playing video games.
compound sentence
We can determine tone by examining this thing, which helps reveals the author's emotional response to the subject.
Connotation
This type of text is written mainly to tell a story, with characters, a setting, and a plot.
Narrative
Expressions such as “a million worries” and “heavier than mountains” use extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
What is the author’s purpose: “Volcanoes form when magma rises through the Earth’s crust.”
Inform
This type of clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it doesn't express a complete thought and depends on an independent clause to make sense.
Dependent Clause
The tone of a text creates a specific emotional atmosphere or feeling for the reader. What does this emotional atmosphere refer to?
Mood
This type of text often uses headings, subheadings, and other text features to organize information.
Informational