Parts of Speech
A person, place, animal, or thing
a noun
Something that is silly or ridiculous
absurd
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West
Compares two things using like or as
simile
to explain what happened and why it happened
Cause and effect
an adjective
Something someone says to anger or make fun of someone else
taunt
The name of the line at 0 degrees latitude
overstating something
hyperbole/exaggeration
to explain events in order
sequence
An action word
Verb
You lose something because you have broken a rule or given up the game
forfeit
The intermediate directions
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
Comparing to things NOT using like or as
metaphor
What does problem/solution text structure explain?
shows a problem and how it is solved
Connects other words, phrases, or clauses together
Conjunction
When you hate something
Despised
The continent that is in all four hemispheres
Africa
Giving human-like qualities to nonhuman things
Personification
Describes how things are alike and different
Compare & Contrast
Describes a verb
An adverb
If something is dressed or decorated in this way, it has many complex or artistic details
Elaborately
The name of the line at 0 degrees longitude
prime meridian
a phrase that actually means something different from its literal meaning.
idiom
The text structure an instruction manual to build a lego house would use
Sequence