Figurate Language
The use of words that mimic sounds, like crash, bang, or hiss
What is onomatopoeia?
A recipe for baking a chocolate cake is written with this purpose in mind.
What is to inform (or explain)?
This tells the reader what the entire text is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
"Blue is the prettiest color for a shirt" is an example of this.
What is an opinion?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
"The sun was a glowing ball of fire." What is this?
What is a metaphor?
A billboard urging you to vote for a specific candidate is trying to do this.
What is to persuade?
These small pieces of information prove or "back up" the main idea.
What are supporting details?
This is a statement that can be proven true or false with evidence.
What is a fact?
This part of speech describes an action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." What is this?
What is alliteration?
These are the three main reasons an author writes, often remembered by the acronym P.I.E.
What are Persuade, Inform, and Entertain?
This is a short statement that covers the main points of a text but leaves out minor details.
What is a summary?
Words like believe, feel, best, and worst usually signal this.
What is an opinion?
A word used to describe a noun, like shiny, tall, or fast.
What is an adjective?
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human objects.
What is personification?
If a story uses "I," "me," and "my," it is told from this point of view.
What is first-person?
The title frequently provides a strong clue to the main idea. True or False?
What is true?
The Earth orbits the Sun.
What is a fact?
A word that replaces a noun, such as he, she, or they.
What is a pronoun?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, such as "I have a million hours of homework."
What is a hyperbole?
The author’s attitude toward the subject matter, often conveyed through word choice.
What is tone?
To figure out the main idea when it isn't stated, you must use clues plus what you already know to do this.
What is infer (make an inference)?
True or False: A statement can be a fact even if it is incorrect, as long as it can be tested.
What is True?
Connect words, phrases, or clauses (Example: and, but, or, because).
What is conjunctions?