Grammar
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
"He was as tall as a tree" is an example of this type of figurative language.
Simile
The primary focus or idea of an informational text.
Central idea
The message or underlying idea in a literary text.
Theme
An action word.
Verb
“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." is an example of this type of figurative language.
Metaphor
A conclusion reached based on evidence.
Inference.
True of false: Never trust strangers is an example of a good theme.
False
This part of speech modifies an adjective or a verb.
Adverb.
"I died of embarrassment" is an example of this type of figurative language.
Hyperbole
Information used to support a claim.
Evidence
The theme of this story is that there is danger in blindly following the traditions of the past.
"The Lottery"
Shows position in space or time.
Preposition.
Euphemism.
The person ultimately in charge of what happens in a text.
Author
True or false: A moral is a good way to think about theme.
False
Connects two or more words, phrases, or clauses.
Conjunction.
"cool as a cucumber" is an example of this figure of speech.
Idiom
The background and necessary info that allow you to fully understand something.
Context.
True or false: stories can have more than one theme.
True