Figurative Language
Compares two things that are not alike by using like or as
What is simile
a type of figurative language where extreme exaggeration is used to emphasize a quality about someone or something for example
What is Hyperbole
RAPPC
Restate, answer, prove it, prove it, conclude
is the author's attitude towards a subject or character
What is Tone
An easy way to see how much you must write to answer the TDA
See how much room you've been given to write
SEE THE PROMPT for directions
The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like ore as.
What is Metaphor
is the use of words and phrases to create vivid pictures in the reader's mind.
What is Imagery
Your topic sentence in a PARAGRAPH will do this with your prompt.
What is RESTATE and answer the prompt.
the feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader.
What is Mood
First, next, in conclusion
transition words/phrases
giving human qualities to nonliving things
What is personification
you snore louder than a freight train
What is Hyperbole
Words like CITE, EVIDENCE, EXPLAIN
What is SUPPORTING statements with TEXT EVIDENCE?
a message about life or the moral to a story
What is Theme
WHY we annotate
To learn .....
is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is Alliteration
"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on" is this.
What is metaphor?
A helpful strategy when PROOFREADING
What is read aloud, read every word you wrote, ask someone to read it aloud to you.
The narrator is a character in the story, and uses I and we.
What is First-person point of view
Annotations MUST involve BOTH of these components
Highlighting and notes
The Beatles' song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is an example of this.
What is Personification?
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
What is Alliteration
NEVER do this OUTSIDE of the lines or box when answering a tda
What is write outside of the space provided?
The narrator is not a character in the story and uses pronouns such as, he, she, his , and her.
What is Point-of-view
These are acceptable notes AND nonacceptable notes when annotating
Questions, summarizing, restating -- ACCEPTABLE
"fluff" comments (wow, sad face, I didn't know that!)