Figurative Language and Words
identify a synonym for the word:
feat: impressive act of bravery, skill, or cleverness
trick, adventure, stunt, achievement, etc.
What is author's purpose?
The reason an author has for writing.
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem (like a paragraph).
What is the central idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about OR what the lesson of the story is.
"He has a heart of gold."
metaphor
textbook, article
inform
Authors attitude about the writing
tone
What is the central idea of "Horses as Healers"?
horses provide unique benefits to humans through non-judgmental interaction
"Alarm clock yells."
Is this personification or metaphor?
personification
graphic novel, joke book
entertain
_________________ lines typically emphasize the humor in the poem.
shorter
Central Idea
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These words—benefit, benevolent, and benediction—all share the prefix bene-. Using at least two of these words as evidence, explain what the prefix bene- means.
"good" or "well" referring to doing something in a proper, honorable, or kind way
A speech to convince everyone to vote for you for class president
persuade
What is the correct line break?
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens.
enjambment
How do "Horses", "Reading Buddies", and "Chimps" have similar central ideas?
They are all about how animals support humans
The word suspected means "believed something without full proof". It often has a negative connotation. Identify a word with a more positive connotation
assumed, guessed, inferred, presumed, etc.
An article that discusses the history of education and argues the importance of having less kids in each classroom
persuade and inform
Identify the line break:
"Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once."
end-stop
What is the central idea of "Reading Buddies"?
There are many benefits students get from reading to a dog.