Literacy Terms
Giving non-living objects human qualities
What is personification?
The writers clear position on an issue or topic
What is claim?
The sea lashed out in anger at the ships, unwilling to tolerate another battle.
What is personification?
What are the three errors in this sentence? The dogs name is juniper. He belonges to my neighbor.
What is dogs = dog's; juniper = Juniper; belonges = belongs?
First thing you must do before reading the passage
What is reading the directions and the questions?
The message or lesson learned in a story
What is theme?
To change
What is transform?
When she saw the dove soar high above her home, she knew the worst was over.
What is symbolism?
Complete thoughts that stand alone in a sentence
What are independent clauses?
Which one must you read first: If the passages include 2 stories and one video clip or audio
What is watch the video clip or audio?
Rhetoric appeal to ethics (credibility)
What is ethos?
Speeches, essays, and other texts that have great historical and literary significance.
What are seminal documents?
He has a heart of stone.
What is metaphor?
Correct the following sentence: At the beach, Angel likes to swim, nap, and building sand castles
What is parallel structure? (building)
When you are stuck on a question
What is skip it and come back to it?
Feelings attached to a word. Ex: someone calling you a nerd versus calling you smart
What is connotation?
To combine or blend
What is synthesize?
“Mildred ran from the parlor like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius.”
What is simile and allusion?
The acronym for the following conjunctions: For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What are FANBOYS?
How long is the exam?
What is 90 minutes?
Referring to another work of literature, person, or event
What is allusion?
The category of a work of art, as determined by its materials and methods of production e.g. text, poems, visuals, video, and audio)
What are mediums?
The burger, aromatic with spices, made his mouth water in anticipation.
What is imagery?
a punctuation mark indicating a pause, typically between two complete thoughts. The second thought must be related to the first one
What is a semicolon?
What is click all the answer choices as C?