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Figurative Language
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The author's attitude in a passage.
What is the tone or author's tone?
100
Analyze the metaphor: Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.
It implies that she has a lot of kids.
100
A short anecdote, an interesting fact/statistic, background/historical information, thought-provoking question, quotation that fits the topic, and the definition of an IMPORTANT term.
What are introduction types or ways to start your essay?
100
Example: Her hair was as bright as a shooting star.
What is a simile?
100
The opposite of "skimming" a passage.
What is ACTUALLY READING ALL OF THE TEXT AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING?
200
The author's argument or main idea summed up in ONE SENTENCE.
What is the thesis or position statement?
200
Analyze the tone: "In a persuasive essay, it’s the writer’s job to convince the reader to accept a particular point of view or take a specific action. Persuasive essays require good research, awareness of the reader’s biases, and a solid understanding of both sides of the issue. A good persuasive essay demonstrates not only why the writer’s opinion is correct, but also why the opposing view is incorrect."
What is an informative or explanatory tone?
200
HELP stands for...
What is History, Events, Literature, and Pop Culture? or What is a way to remember what kinds of examples to use?
200
Example: I asked for her HAND in marriage.
What is a synecdoche?
200
What you should do if you don't know the word and it is getting in the way of you understanding the story/article/poem/play.
What is ASK FOR A DICTIONARY IF YOU NEED IT? or Look at the words around the word you don't know, and see if you can figure it out from there?
300
The struggle or problem in the story.
What is the conflict?
300
Analyze the tone: "No recognition shone in the grandmother’s eyes, and the smile was the same as the one she’d given the doctor. There was little time left to her, and nothing outwardly wrong that he could detect. Perhaps the bloodwork would show something, but it would be two days before that came back from Bariloche."
What is a hopeless or nervous tone?
300
A bubble chart; a simple list of thesis, examples, and details; or a T chart with pros and cons (which you only pick ONE side of).
What are some pre-writing/brainstorming strategies?
300
Example: "For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it."
What is a metaphor? or What is repetition/anaphora?
300
8 hours
What is the amount of sleep you should get?
400
Expressions that go beyond the literal meaning of the words, such as metaphors or similes.
What is figurative language?
400
Analyze this use of personification: A young boy keeps trying to hit the ball, but the only time he touches the ball... "The ball drops to the ground at the boy's feet. It lies there stunned, quivering, containing flight beneath its smooth skin."
What is a personification that imitates how disappointed the boy feels?
400
A sentence that goes at the end of your persuasive essay and tells your readers what they should do now that you have oh-so-brilliantly convinced them to believe in your argument.
What is a call to action?
400
Example: The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
What is personification?
400
Eat breakfast, review what Ms. Gaber taught you, get to school on time, etc.
What are things you should do before the test?
500
Example: "There is not a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States at this very hour."
What is repetition/anaphora or hyperbole?
500
Analyze the metaphor: The children were roses grown in concrete gardens.
It emphasizes the beauty and joy that children can bring, even in the worst situations. Or It shows that even though kids have a tough life, they can still become something beautiful.
500
The most important thing to remember about persuasive writing.
What is ONLY PICK ONE SIDE?!
500
Example: "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."
What is antithesis or paradox?
500
The 3 main sections to an essay.
What are the intro, body, and conclusion paragraphs?