Show:
Bird Like No Other
Nombres/NewDirection
Figurative Language
Terms
Vocabulary
100
great sadness
What is woe?
100
a person's life written by another person (Example: New Direction)
What is biography?
100
The classroom is cold like a refrigerator.
What is a simile?
100
Drawing a conclusion based on what you observe or textual evidence
What is an inference?
100
mild; soothing
What is balmy?
200
not having or showing a particular opinion, view, or course of action
What is uncommitted?
200
the story of a person's life written by that person (example: Names/Nombres)
What is an autobiography?
200
Life is a roller coaster.
What is a metaphor?
200
Author's attitude about the text
What is tone?
200
to join together so as to become one; unite
What is merge?
300
the action of taking the first step
What is initiative?
300
awful; terrible
What is disastrous?
300
Time waits for no one.
What is personification?
300
A lesson or message in the story
What is theme?
300
admitted as true
What is conceded?
400
very seriously
What is soberly?
400
explained or described in detail
What is specified?
400
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
What is hyperbole?
400
Explain, Express, Persuade, Inform
What is Author's purpose?
400
in a way that is different from what would be expected
What is ironically?
500
Taking the time to calm down when we are upset can help us see things more clearly
What is theme?
500
a brief, entertaining story based on a single interesting or humorous incident or event.
What is an anecdote?
500
similes, metaphors, hyperboles, and personification are normally used in poetry
What is Figurative language?
500
An essay where you explain something
What is an Expository essay?
500
in a way that cannot be avoided or prevented
What is inevitably?