Literary Devices
A comparison of two things using like or as
What is a simile?
Name a strategy to help you determine the main idea of the article.
What is look at the title of the article?
Words that have similar meanings
What is a synonym?
Words beginning with the same letter or sound
What is alliteration?
Give an example of a simile.
Can be anything as long as it compares two things using like or as.
For example...What is she is as silly as a clown?
A comparison of two things that does not use like or as
What is a metaphor?
Name a strategy to help you understand words you may not know in a passage.
What is look back to the text and re-read the sentence or paragraph?
Words that have opposite meanings
Antonyms
The repetition of a vowel sound
What is assonance?
Give an example of a metaphor.
Can be anything as long as it is a comparison of two things not using like or as.
For example... What is she has a heart of gold?
Words that mean a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
Define main idea.
What is what the passage is mostly about?
A common phrase that means something different than its literal meaning
What is an idiom?
Difference between how things seem to be and the reality
What is irony?
Give an example of an idiom.
Can be anything as long as the phrase means something different than its literal meaning
For example: What is I feel on top of the world?
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Define details.
What are facts or examples that tell more about the main idea?
Using your own knowledge, plus clues from the text to make an educated guess
What is an inference?
Meaning of idiom: In hot water
What is getting in trouble?
Give an example of an idiom.
Can be anything as long as the phrase means something different than its literal meaning
For example...What is zip your lip?
Giving the traits of a person to inanimate objects
What is personification?
Define summary.
What is giving the listener a quick idea of what the passage or paragraph is saying?
Define context clues.
What are hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage to help the reader understand the meaning of new words?
Meaning of Idiom: Butterflies in my stomach
What is feeling nervous?
Give a synonym and an antonym for the word: difficult
Try to think of words that you may use less frequently!
Synonym: What is tough?
Antonym: What is simple?