Figurative Language
What is a SIMILE?
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a NOUN?
Example:
The Florida worm lizard does not have legs or feet. It is about eight inches long and looks like a giant earthworm because it is pink. It doesn’t have eyes or ears, but it has a mouth that looks like other lizards’ mouths. Its body is covered with scales.
What is DESCRIPTIVE TEXT STRUCTURE?
As a writer, we can use descriptive language that uses the 5 senses to help the reader understand our experience and/or emotional connection to what we are writing about.
What is imagery?
It is a comparison between two unlike things and doesn't use "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
What is a METAPHOR?
Examples of this part of speech include:
ran
was running
laughed
is
What is a VERB?
Cooking the perfect pizza at home can be quite a challenge. You may find that it’s difficult to get your oven to the right temperature. If the oven is too hot the crust will burn, become hard, and taste bad. If your oven isn’t hot enough, the crust may get soggy. Even at the perfect temperature, extra moisture from your ingredients may prevent the bottom of the crust from fully cooking, but don’t let oven temperature stop you from building the pizza of your dreams. Get yourself a pizza stone. A pizza stone will get very hot when preheated and will allow your crust to fully cook without burning it. Then you can pile the ingredients on your pizza and have a crispy crust that isn’t burned. That’s the way to go.
What is PROBLEM and SOLUTION text structure?
This literary device can help make a poem more fun to read. Here is an example:
Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
What is RHYME?
This is a word figure of speech or phrase that has a different figurative meaning than the literal meanings of each word or phrase. T
hey can be confusing for kids or people learning a language as they don't mean what they say
What is an IDIOM?
takes the place of a noun
he, she, it, we, they
What is a PRONOUN?
When I got home from school after a long boring day, I took out the peanut butter, jelly, and bread. After taking the lid off of the jars, I spread the peanut butter on one side of the bread and the jelly on the other, and then I put the two pieces of bread together. After that, I enjoyed it while watching “Cops” on the TV. I swear, that was the best peanut butter and jelly sandwich I ever ate.
What is CHRONOLOGICAL (or sequence, time-order) text structure?
This style or form of poetry does not have a strict set of rules.
What is FREE VERSE?
The snow storm was a blessing in disguise because Alfred was not ready for the test!
What is an example of an IDIOM?
always capitalized
not girl, but Robyn
not store, but Kroger
What is a PROPER NOUN?
Pizza is often viewed as a junk food, and it is true that some pizzas are high in salt, fat, and calories, but there may also be some benefit to eating pizza. Some studies have found that lycopene, an antioxidant that exists in tomato products that are often used in pizza, may prevent some forms of cancer. Dr. Silvano Gallus, of the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmaceutical Research in Milan, studied the eating habits of people who developed cancer of the mouth, throat, esophagus, and colon. He concluded that people who ate pizza at least once a week had significantly less chance of developing these cancers. Here’s to your health.
What is CAUSE - EFFECT text structure?
This type of poetry uses the shape of an item as a creative way to express the writer's topic.
(technical name)
What is CONCRETE poetry?
*"shape poem" is not an acceptable answer
As the teacher read the passage aloud, her voice was a robot in my mind.
What is an example of a METAPHOR?
Examples of this type of verb include:
is
am
went
*they connect the subject to the predicate in a sentence
What is a LINKING VERB?
Hurricanes and tornados are both amazing yet deadly natural phenomena. Both generate deadly conditions, but in different ways. Tornados are likely to damage people and property with their high winds, which go up to 300 miles per hour, but hurricanes are generally more feared for their flooding. Also, hurricanes can produce tornados, which makes them quite dangerous indeed.
What is COMPARE and CONTRAST text structure?
Poetry is different from this type of fiction writing.
This particular type of writing often tells a story.
What is PROSE?