Figurative Language
Essay's
Literary Terms
Writing
Reading
100
The crook was as sly as a fox.
What is a simile?
100
Writing that argues a side or point of view. Tries to convince the reader to take their side with reasons and evidence.
What is an argumentative essay?
100
This is the message of the story.
What is Theme?
100
Retelling of a text in your own words.
What is Paraphrase?
100
A word opposite in meaning to another.
What is Antonym?
200
These are words that imitate the sound they represent.
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
Writing that informs the reader on a topic or person (nonfiction). It does not state an opinion.
What is an Informative essay?
200
This is considered the turning point of the story/the most exciting part of the story.
What is the Climax?
200
This is the part of a paragraph that tells the reader what the rest of the paragraph will be about.
What is Topic Sentence?
200
a conclusion reached on the basis of text evidence and your background knowledge.
What is inference?
300
My computer screamed before it died a brutal death.
What is personification?
300
Tells a story that the author creates from his or her imagination.
What is a narrative?
300
This is a paragraph in a poem.
What is a Stanza?
300
This is when the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective.
What is 3rd person?
300
Why do you use context clues?
What is to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
400
My niece Laurel is a ray sunshine.
What is a metaphor?
400
Details or research that support your answer/opinion including facts and data.
What is evidence?
400
What does RACE stand for?
R- Restate
A- Answer the question
C- Cite your evidence
E- Explain your thinking
400
Words exchanged between characters using quotation marks. Example: “I have to go to the store,” exclaimed John.
What is Dialogue?
400
Is a judgment or decision that is formed after a period of thought (or several inferences).
What is drawing a conclusion?
500
These are phrases or expressions that have meanings different from the literal (e.g., The kids clean their rooms once in a blue moon.)
What is Idiom?
500
The most important sentence in an essay, that tells the reader what the entire essay will be about.
What is Thesis Statement?
500
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
500
This is the plot elements in the wrong order: climax, falling action, rising action, resolution, exposition. Order and define.
What is Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?
500
This refers to the use of words, phrases, or expressions that go beyond their literal meaning to create more vivid or imaginative descriptions.
What is Figurative Language?