Figurative Language
Comparing 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
A type of writing that usually has figurative language, is written in separate lines, and sometimes rhymes or has meter.
Poetry
RACES stands for this
Restate the Question
Answer the question
Cite Text Evidence
Explain evidence
Summarize
True or False:
A memoir is a story that takes place over many months or years
False
This type of text structure shows the order of events in which they happen
Chronological order
Personification
Light and airy is the definition of what?
ethereal
You can remove these to make your writing more precise
Unnecessary words and phrases
What type of figurative language did Eddy Harris use to show how he felt about the river
Personification
What are these?
resulted in, because, due to, therefore, since, consequently
Words that signal cause-and-effect order
"Break a leg" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Idiom
The message or lesson the author wants you to know about their writing
Theme
All other supporting details in a text or paragraph should tell you more about this.
The main/central idea
What point-of-view is "Mississippi Solo" written in?
First person
What are these?
After, during, finally, first, later, last, next, then, while
Words that signal chronological order
A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
Like a paragraph, but in poetry
Stanza
If you make an educated guess based on what you already know, you are making this
an inference
Eddy Harris saw the river as a what?
A friend
This text structure shows what happens in a story and why it happens
Cause-and-effect order
BOOM! FIZZ, and SPLAT! are examples of this type of figurative language
Onomatopoeia
The organizational pattern of an essay
Text Structure
Good writing finds the balance between these two types of writing:
Precise and descriptive
In "Mississippi Solo" what significant event did Eddy Harris write about?
His solo canoe trip down the length of the Mississippi River
Following a recipe to cook or bake something is an example of what kind of text structure?
Chronological order