Figurative Language
Nonfiction
100

A sentence or phrase with words that start with the same letter. 

What is an alliteration?


100

similarities and differences between two things in a story.

What is compare and contrast?

200

Phrases that mean something different than what they say.

What is an Idiom?

200

Chronological Order is.....

What is E

      Events in order

    Explains the steps

300

A word that sounds like the noise it makes.

What is an Onomatopoeia?

300

Shows how events or concepts happen as a result of other events of concepts.

What is cause and Effect.

400

Describing non-human things using human qualities.

What is personification?

400

The cause and effect for Ms. Klima woke up late for school because her alarm didn’t go off. As a result, her students didn’t have morning work on their desk.

Cause; What is alarm didnt go off.

Effect- Students didnt have morning work

500

Comparing two things using the words like or as.

What is a Simile?

500

Signal words are

Signal words can help you identify when the author is comparing and contrasting.