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Tone/Purpose
Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Context Clues
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The definition of tone
What is how the author feels about the subject
100
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
It was as cold as a freezer in there.
What is a simile?
100
Component: A logical design is an important component of a good web site.
What is part/element?
100
Inform, Persuade, Entertain
What is author's purpose?
200
Purpose of a book with over 1,000 knock-knock jokes.
What is to entertain?
200
Comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
His room was a pig sty.
What is a metaphor?
200
Orientation: The orientation and training a ranger receives on the job is sometimes supplemented with formal training courses.
What is introduction?
200
Context Clues-Scarce: Due to the scarcity of food in her territory, the mother lioness had to roam far from safe ground to find a meal for her child.
What is a shortage/hard to find/not much of?
300
Purpose of a cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts.
What is to inform?
300
Giving living qualities to a non-living thing
What is personification?
300
He danced along the dingy days
What is alliteration?
300
Inevitable: The dark clouds approaching meant storm was inevitable.
What is certain? (going to happen)
300
A great exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
A politician's speech about how homes should be provided to families who cannot afford them
What is to persuade?
400
Repeating the same consonant sound
What is alliteration?
400
Lightning danced across the sky
What is personification?
400
Marty is gregarious, not like his brother who is quiet and shy.
What is outgoing?
400
Context clues-Provoke: I didn't want to fight him, but he provoked me by insulting my family and I lost control.
What is stimulate/cause
500
Tone of: This place does need some repairs, but I’m sure the landlord will be making improvements sometime soon.
What is hopeful or optimistic?
500
Repeating a phrase or the pattern of words in a sentence.
What is parallelism?
500
Other than a simile He fell down like an old tree falling down in a storm.
What is imagery?
500
Her animosity of her sister has divided the family.
What is dislike/hatred?
500
The use of figurative or descriptive language to help paint a mental picture.
What is imagery?