Figurative Language
What figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as”?
Simile
What should you include to support an answer about a text?
Text Evidence
What is the theme of a story?
The lesson or message of the story
In active voice, who performs the action?
The subject
What is a sentence with one independent clause called?
Simple sentence
What figurative language gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
Personification
Why is text evidence important in writing?
It supports claims and proves ideas
Which theme is common in fairy tales
Good vs. evil
What is the active voice: “The cake was baked by Mia.”
Mia baked the cake.
Name the four types of sentences by purpose.
Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
What figurative language uses exaggeration for emphasis?
Hyperbole
What are quotation marks used for when citing evidence?
To show exact words from the text
What theme is shown when characters never give up despite challenges?
Perseverance
Is this sentence active or passive: “The ball was kicked by Sam”?
Passive
What punctuation joins two independent clauses with a conjunction?
A comma
“The wind whispered through the trees” is what type of figurative language?
Personification
What does it mean to paraphrase evidence?
To restate it in your own words
How is theme different from the main idea?
Theme is the lesson/message; main idea is what the text is mostly about
Which voice is usually clearer and stronger in writing?
Active
What type of sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause?
Complex sentence
“Time is a thief” is an example of what?
Metaphor
What transition phrase can introduce evidence from a text?
“According to the text…”
A story teaching that honesty matters has what theme?
Honesty is important
What helping verb often appears in passive voice sentences?
Forms of “be” (was, were, is, are)
What is a run-on sentence?
Two or more sentences joined incorrectly without proper punctuation or conjunctions