Figurative Language
This is a comparison of two unlike ideas using "like" or "as." (The beads were like little jewels adorning her outfit.)
What is a simile?
This poetic device includes words that sound like the noises they describe. (bam, hiss, buzz)
What is onomatopoeia?
This prefix means "again."
What is re-?
Similarities and differences of two or more topics are presented.
What is compare & contrast?
This is how many passage and question sets will appear on the SOL.
What is six?
This is a comparison of two unlike ideas without
using "like" or "as." (I am made of steel.)
What is a metaphor?
This is a poetic device where a word or phrase repeats multiple times in a poem.
What is repetition?
This prefix means "not" or "against." (There are several acceptable answers.)
What is un-, in-, dis-, ill-, a-, or anti-?
The reason why something happened or the outcomes of certain things.
What is cause & effect?
This is how many questions will appear on the Reading SOL.
What is 42?
This is an extreme exaggeration of the truth. (He was taller than a skyscraper!)
What is a hyperbole?
This is a fiction term describing a jump back into a memory from the character's past.
What is a flashback?
The first term means "similar meaning," and the second term means "opposite meaning."
What are synonyms and antonyms?
A person, place, or thing is described in detail with multiple examples and characteristics.
What is description & examples?
This is the name of the annotation strategy that we practiced for nonfiction texts.
What are SPEAK notes?
A nonliving thing is given human behaviors or characteristics. (My hair was not cooperating with me this morning.)
What is personification?
This describes multiple words beginning with the same letter sound, creating a tongue twister effect. (The cozy clothing comforted Christina.)
What is alliteration?
This term is used to describe characters or things that change over the course of a story.
Information is presented in sequential or date order.
What is chronological order?
These are the five components of SWBST notes.
What are somebody, wanted, but, so, then?
This is a common expression that is not meant to be interpreted literally. (It's raining cats and dogs!)
What is an idiom?
This is a fiction term describing clues or hints to the reader about events that may occur in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
These are at least two strategies you can use if you're asked about an unfamiliar vocab word on the SOL.
What are context clues, process of elimination, looking for familiar word parts, or plugging in each answer option?
A dilemma is presented along with one or more ways to solve it.
What is problem and solution?
These are the five components of SPEAK notes.
What are subject, pattern, evidence, author's purpose, and key vocab?