Figurative Language
When a writer describes an object as if it were a person.
What is personification?
To come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
What is an inference?
The specific order of a series of events that form a story
What is the plot?
House for Sale:
Reread paragraph 1
It’s eerie, the quiet that lives here now, permeating this space we loved so much, wafting over the furniture we chose together, the doors we opened and shut, the windows we opened gleefully whenever spring returned. As I step through the doorway, I still remember the first time we visited, before we’d even purchased the place. We saw the long banisters, wood floors, and high ceilings. We turned to each other, smiling, and whispered, “This is it.” Finally, after visiting so many houses, we’d found the one that would be our very first home. (paragraph 1)
How does the setting help to develop the mood of paragraph 1?
Recalling positive memories surrounding the house creates a sentimental mood.
This is the author's attitude about a subject or an audience; the author's word choices help create this
What is tone?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Things such as a topic sentence, an introduction, body paragraphs, headings, footnotes, or graphics to further organize the text
What are text features?
Refers to where and when a story takes place, including the time of day, the season, or the location
What is the setting?
The Odyssey Book 1V:
Read the following section of the passage.
“I am even more anxious about him than about my husband; I am all in a tremble when I think of him, lest something should happen to him, either from the people among whom he has gone, or by sea, for he has many enemies who are plotting against him, and are bent on killing him before he can return home." (Paragraph 17)
The focus on Telemachus’ safety creates a fearful and helpless tone as she is more concerned as a mother than as a wife.
The dictionary definition of a word; the feeling the piece of work creates in the reader
What is mood?
A direct comparison that states one thing is another. It isn't meant to be literal, but descriptive.
What is a metaphor?
The lesson or message in a literary text
What is theme?
The problem in the story
What is the conflict?
House for Sale:
Fill in the bubble before the sentence from paragraph 9 that shows the narrator has overcome her grief.
Ⓐ Standing out on the porch, closing the screen door, my hands are empty. Ⓑ No dress, no rediscovered tchotchkes to take with me. Ⓒ The only thing I need is my happy memories, the things Aaron would want me to remember—watching the snowfall from inside our cozy living room, cooking delicious dinners together, painting our dining room a bright orange color that I loved and he hated, and so much more. Ⓓ The objects and the pain will fade, slowly, with time. Ⓔ Now it’s my job to hold fast to the good times, fill my heart up with all the love that lived here, and take it with me wherever I’m meant to go next. (paragraph 9)
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A word or phrase that has a meaning beyond the literal meaning of the word
What is figurative language?
An exaggeration beyond belief
What is hyperbole?
The most important point or idea that the author is making in a passage
What is central idea or main idea?
The solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict
What is the resolution?
The Odyssey Book 1V:
Select the statement that best explains the author’s style.
The author’s use of diction to show the conflict and role of divine interventions creates an elevated style.
The words, facts, or ideas in a text that explain a difficult or unusual word
What are context clues?
A quirky expression or saying that is specific to a language.
What is an idiom?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
Persons, things, or beings in stories. They may be real or imaginary.
What are characters?
There Will Come Soft Rain:
How does the author’s use of imagery in the first six lines enhance the overall meaning of the text? (R.1.1)
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,
Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
To portray the peacefulness of nature without war
Refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a passage
What is characterization?