Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Copying a person's exact words from a text and enclosing them in quotation marks.
What is a direct quote?
his term describes the underlying message, moral, or life lesson that an author wants the reader to learn from a story.
What is theme?
In this voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action.
What is active voice?
Clue: This type of sentence consists of exactly one independent clause and no dependent clauses.
What is a simple sentence?
Giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human objects or animals.
What is personification?
Rewriting an author's ideas in your own words while still giving credit to the original source.
What is paraphrasing?
Unlike a topic, which can be stated in a single word like "love," a theme must always be written as a full what?
What is a sentence? (or statement)
In this voice, the subject receives the action, often making the sentence sound indirect.
What is passive voice?
This type of sentence joins two independent clauses together using a comma and a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).
What is a compound sentence?
An extreme exaggeration used to make a point, such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is a hyperbole?
Sentence starters like "According to the text..." or "The author states..." are used to do this to your evidence.
What is citing? (or introducing evidence)
Because themes apply to human nature across different cultures and eras, they are often described by this 9-letter adjective.
What is universal?
This is the voice used in the sentence: "The delicious pizza was eaten by Tucker."
What is passive voice?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause starting with a subordinating conjunction.
What is a complex sentence?
A direct comparison between two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
A conclusion or educated guess reached by a reader based on text evidence and their own background knowledge.
What is an inference?
To uncover the theme, readers should look closely at how the main character changes after resolving this central plot element.
What is the conflict?
Turn this passive sentence into active voice: "The test was aced by the student."
What is "The student aced the test"?
This grammatical error occurs when two independent clauses are smashed together without any punctuation or conjunctions.
What is a run-on sentence?
A phrase or expression where the figurative meaning is completely different from the literal definition of the words, such as "barking up the wrong tree."
What is an idiom?
The specific part of an essay or response where the writer explains how and why their chosen text evidence proves their thesis statement.
What is the analysis? (or commentary/elaboration)
This common theme warns readers against judging others based solely on outward appearances.
What is "don't judge a book by its cover"? (Accept similar variations)
Passive voice sentences frequently rely on a form of this helper verb (such as is, was, were, been) combined with a past participle.
What is a "to be" verb?
This type of sentence structure contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?