Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things that uses the terms "like or as."
What is a simile?
Informational Text example
What is a menu, magazine, article, newspaper, brochure, pamphlet, etc?
A text structure that goes in time order.
What is chronological order?
What should "Part B" questions answer?
Part A
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the words "like or as."
What is a metaphor?
How a character feels or thinks.
What is point of view?
The author's argument/statement they believe to be true.
What is a claim?
An educated guess.
What is an inference?
If a story uses the pronouns " I, me, my" what is the character's perspective?
First person
Not to be taken literally. Paints a picture in the reader's mind.
What is figurative language?
The most exciting/dramatic part of a story. Also known as "the turning point."
What is the climax?
The reason an author wrote a text or what they hope to accomplish with the text.
What is author's purpose?
Directly supports the author's central idea.
What are supporting details/evidence?
What should you do after you finish answering all your questions on the FAST test?
Check your work!
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
"Look before you leap."
What is an example of theme?
Hints before and after a word used to determine word meaning.
What are context clues?
Can be found in the title, the introduction, and throughout the text.
Where can the central idea be found?
List 5 text features
Graphs, charts, captions, photos, bold words, headings, sub-headings, glossary, index
"This test is going to kill me."
What is an example of a hyperbole?
Define mood and define tone
mood: what the reader feels based on the author's words
tone: author's attitude toward what they are writing about
The central idea formula.
What is topic + point?
their vs. there
What is a word to represent ownership vs a word to represent a location?
What are the 5 text structures?
Cause and effect, description, problem and solution, chronology/sequence, compare and contrast