Figurative Language
Give examples of figurative language.
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Idiom, Alliteration, Hyperole, Onomatopoeia
What does Cause mean?
Cause is WHY something happened
What is a fact?
Fact is information that is true and can be proven.
Does compare refer to things that are similar or different?
Similar
Following-Procecding, Troublesome-Difficult are examples of a synonym, antonym or homophone?
Synonym
What does effect mean?
Effect is WHAT happened.
What is an opinion?
Opinion is how people think, believe or feel.
Does comtrast refer to things that are similar or different?
Different
"It's raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what?
An Idiom
Give a word that signals cause and effect?
because of, as a result, due to, therefore, results, so
What signal words tell us something is an opinion?
I think, we believe, everyone should, we are sure, and exaggeration words: most, so.
Signal words for a contrast?
Difference, unlike, instead
"As sharp as a tack" is called a ____________.
Simile
What do we call a series of causes and effects linked together?
A chain reaction.
True or False:
Numbers in a text signal fact.
TRUE
Signal words for a comparison?
Like, similar, same as
What style of writing most commonly uses figurative language?
Poetry
True or False:
A cause can also turn into an effect?
True thus a chain reaction
Fact or Opinion: Reading Club is fun!
Opinion
What are you doing to a text when you compare and contrast the information in it?
You are finding similarities and differences.