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Figurative Language
Do You Know These?
Persuasive Techniques
Literary Elements
Reading Carefully
100
comparison using "like" or "as" (example: quick as a fox)
What is simile?
100
a word that means the opposite of another word
What is an antonym?
100
making something appear to be more popular than it is ("Everybody's doing it.")
What is bandwagon?
100
the time and place of action in a story
What is setting?
100
the most important idea in a paragraph or passage
What is main idea?
200
giving human traits to something that is not human (example: The sun smiled down on us.)
What is personification?
200
two or more word combined into one new word (example: textbook)
What is a compound word?
200
appealing to the readers' feelings
What is emotional appeal?
200
the big idea (main idea) of a story
What is theme?
200
things that happen in a certain order (an organizational pattern in a reading passage)
What is sequence?
300
comparison without using "like" or "as" (example: The flowers are stars in the field.)
What is a metaphor?
300
letters added to the beginning of a word to change the meaning (example: unkind)
What is prefix?
300
using the words of someone who is an authority on the subject
What is expert opinion?
300
the main events in a story
What is plot?
300
surrounding words that help explain a word or passage
What is context?
400
an exaggeration (example: I could eat a horse.)
What is hyperbole?
400
letters added to the end of a word to change the meaning (example: kindly)
What is suffix?
400
the author telling about his/her pesonal beliefs or experiences
What is testimonial?
400
the perspective from which the narrative is presented: first person--("I") second person-- ("you") third person--("he/she")
What is point of view?
400
reading that provides facts and data
What is informative passage?
500
descriptions that help the reader draw pictures in his/her mind
What is imagery?
500
a word that means the same or nearly the same as another word
What is a synonym?
500
reading that tries to influence the reader's thoughts about something
What is persuasive passage?
500
developing a character in a story by describing appearance, revealing thoughts, or letting the character speak
What is characterization?
500
information that causes the reader to believe something that is not true
What is misinformation?