Figurative Language
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
The conclusion to the story that reveals the solution to the problem, or conflict.
Resolution
Define lethargic.
Without any energy or enthusiasm for doing things.
Define timid?
The fox is timid. He is shy and easily frightened.
Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
What is decoding?
Correctly pronouncing words.
What is a hyperbole?
Exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
An introduction that provides necessary details about characters and settings.
Exposition
Define rhetorical.
Asked only to make a statement or to produce an effect rather than to get an answer.
What does it mean to use context clues?
Reading surrounding words to help better understand/clarify an unknown term.
Why do we mark while reading?
To identify and isolate important information.
Given an example of a metaphor. Must be a complete sentence.
Any sentence comparing two things without using like or as.
The part of the story that develops the problem, or conflict through a series of events that build interest and/or suspense
Rising Action
Pleasant, friendly, and easy to talk to.
Affable
Define thwarted
The police thwarted, they prevented the robber's plan.
Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
Other than using context clues, what is another way to understand an unknown term?
Breaking the word apart (prefixes and suffixes.)
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.
Personification
Is the basic sequence of events in a story or text.
Plot
Give an example of rhetoric.
Political speeches, campaigns, and slogans.
Define nocturnal.
Both bats and owls are nocturnal and hunt at night.
Done, occurring, or active at night.
What does a fluent reader look like? Name 3!
A fluent reader reads with expression, make connections, sounds natural, understand what they are reading, and most importantly sound the way they speak.
BOOM, POW, SKIRT, WOOF are all examples of...To receive points you must spell the word correctly.
Onomatopoeia
What is the difference between rising action and climax.
Rising action is when problems and conflict begin to develop (building suspense.) Whereas climax is when problems has reached its peak.
During standardized test you may be expected to "allude," why is that problematic?
It's problematic because you may not have the background experience or knowledge to understand the author. The author is expecting you to know information he/she did not state.
Allude- Make an indirect reference to.
Define lugubrious.
The lugubrious cries of the child matched the depressing whistling of the wind in the lonely park.
Looking or sounding sad and dismal.
Choose 2 prefixes and 2 suffixes to define. You must also choose a word that has the prefix and suffix in it.
Prefixes: non, super, trans, mis
Suffixes: age, able, ful, ism
Prefixes:nonfiction, nonsense, superhuman, supernatural, transplant, translate, misfortune, mistake
Suffixes: wreckage, disadvantage, inflatable, debatable, spoonful, powerful, traditionalism, exceptionalism