TONE
The words that are used to show feelings
What is tone?
The literary element when words and phrases are used to mean something else
What is Figurative Language?
The big idea/lesson of a text?
What is the Central Idea?
A type of fiction that may take place in another world and include mythical characters such as fairies and ogres
What is Fantasy?
Two types of responses that you have written this year
What are Short and Extended responses?
“The sky roared with a violent thud.”
What is Angry?
“As strong as an ox.”
What is a simile?
What is a central idea of the text?
“I’ll be there for you, because you’re there for me too.”
What is Friendship?
A type of genre that is ‘made up’ or not true
What is Fiction?
The term used when a reader marks the texts, highlights important details, and stops and jots in the margins
What is Annotate?
“The girl’s skin went cold when she heard the mysterious noise.”
What is Scared/ Afraid?
“Studying can be a battlefield.”
What is Metaphor?
What is the central idea of the text?
“Exotic plants moved in and took more space than they needed.”
What is Don’t be greedy/take more than you need?
A type of genre that is based on real events
What is Realistic Fiction?
The term used to pull details/evidence from the text to include in your response
What is Cite?
“The ticking clock made it harder for the boy to concentrate.”
What is Nervous?
“The waves crashed in like a speed racer.”
What is personification?
What is the central idea of the text?
“The boy ran so fast during tryouts he ran out of energy.”
What is Take your time/Slow and Steady?
A type of genre that may include stanzas, figurative language, and rhyming
What is Poetry?
The author's reason or purpose
What is Claim?
“Hey! I cannot wait to go to the movies tonight!”
What is Excited?
“The girl turned as white as a ghost.”
What is a Simile?
What is the central idea of the text?
“The girls in the village snuck into town at night into a secret school.”
What is Everyone has a right to learn/an education?
A type of genre that is ‘made up’ or not true, but takes place during a real moment in history
What is Historical Fiction?
“Mechanics" refers to which characteristic of your writing
What is Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling…?