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FIGURES OF SPEECH
SENTENCES
TEXT/PASSAGE
DIALOGUE
LITERARY DEVICES
100
personification
the sun beat my ginger skin to death
100
fragment
if the sentence isn't completed
100
main idea
what the text is mostly about
100
dialogue
what is the character saying
100
tone
what's the homeboy's attitude
200
simile
the pie was LIKE a brick
200
combine
what happens when you put together two sentences
200
emphasize
that rat was HUGE
200
narrator
its the homie telling the story
200
setting
place, time, events. I want to know
300
wordiness
they just keep talking and talking and talking and talking
300
clarity
man you expressed that so CLEARLY to me
300
1st 2nd 3rd person narration
so many different point of views
300
foreshodow
oh I know what is going to happen next..I think
400
characterize
representing the way a person behaves or looks
400
variety
many different structures of a sentence..there are sooooo many choices
400
conciseness
you barely used any words. yet I understand
400
alternate
the author keeps going back and forth. its driving me crazy
400
effect
I read that passage and know I cant get it out of my mind
500
symbolize
it stands for something, ex: patch on uniform
500
suggest
I really want to REMIND/HINT something to my friend
500
summarize
make it short but I want to know the full story
500
appropriate
somehow the author always knows what to say for certain situations
500
imply
you see what I am trying to actually say