Figurative Language
What is a simile?
compares one thing to another using like or as
Sentences start with what?
A capital letter
What is persuasive writing used for?
Get the reader to believe and or do something.
What is a noun?
A word that refers to a person, place or thing.
What is fiction?
Literature that describes imaginary events and people.
The story jumped off the page.
Personification
What is a contraction?
A shorter word made from combining two words.
ex: She'll
There are how many basic types of author's purpose
3 - inform, persuade and entertain
This is an example of what...
fast
adjective
Biographies are a part of what genre?
What is an onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound of the object or action it refers to. When you pronounce the word, it will mimic the sound of what it is describing.
Exclamation points belong where in a sentence?
At the end
Informative text includes what?
Facts and information.
This word is an example of what...
Drive
Verb
What type of writing does this describe...
Words are arranged in a metrical pattern and often (though not always) in rhymed verse.
Poetry
It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of which type of figurative language?
Idiom
This type of punctuation signals what...
?
A question
True or false entertaining text usually includes humor
True
What is an adjective?
Words used to describe a noun
An autobiography is written by who?
The person who the story is about
There are how many types of figurative language?
6 - Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Idiom, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia
Commas are used to do what?
Informative
What part of speech is used in the following sentence...
The yellow DOG jumped over the fence.
noun
Informational essays are what genre?
Non-fiction