COMPOSITION TYPES
LETTERS
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Figures of Speech/Parts of Speech
POINT OF VIEW
100

This is telling a story

What is Narration?

100

two spaces down and to the left after the date of a letter.

Where is the recipient's address found?

100

a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

Examples include:

  • As slippery as an eel
  • Like peas in a pod

What is a Simile?

100

makes a comparison between two unlike things or ideas.

Examples include:

  • Heart of stone
  • Time is money

What is a Metaphor?

200

Adds the details that help the reader visualize the characters, places and events.

What is a Description Composition?

200

This goes to the top right of the letter.

What is the sender's address?

200

gives human qualities to non-living things or ideas for example

The flowers nodded. The thunder grumbled.

What is Personification?

200

parts of speech used to express a particular emotion or sentiment (strong feeling or sudden emotion like surprise, joy, excitement, disgust, enthusiasm, sorrow, etc)

What is an Interjection?

200

The author or narrator is telling the story.

What is 3rd person narration?

300
Get the reader to agree with the author's point of view.

What is a Persuasion Composition?

300

This is written at the bottom right of a letter.

What is complimentary closing?

300

occurs when there's a marked contrast between what is said and what is meant, or between appearance and reality; typically for humorous or emphatic effect. 

example: The police station gets robbed. 

  • A pilot has a fear of heights.

What is Irony?

300

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word in the rest of a sentence.

example: with, at, to, after, without, over

Are you acquainted with your classmates? 


What is a Preposition?

300

The character is telling the story using such clue words  I, me, my, we, our.

What is 1st person narration?

400

Present an argument on a specific side of an issue.

What is an Argumentative Composition?

400

 the term for a word that sounds like what it is describing.

Examples include:

  • Whoosh
  • Splat

What is Onomatopoeia?

400

uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect, for example

  • I've told you to stop a thousand times.

What is an Hyperbole?

400

The view from which a Narration is told.

What is Point of View?

500
A complete description and explanation of an idea or theory.

What is an Expository Composition?

500

the repetition of the beginning sounds of neighboring words, such as Walter wondered where Winnie was.

What is an Alliteration?

500

a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause (e.g. and, but, if).

What is a Conjunction?