Figurative Language
This Figurative Language type always uses like or as
Please give an example
What is a simile
Example: The ocean is as blue as the sky
What is another name for the main idea?
Central Idea
1. What is a theme?
2. Give an example of a common theme
1. The moral or lesson learned
2. Treat others how you would want to be treated.
What does it mean to compare two things?
Show how they are alike or similar
This type of Figurative Language applies human qualities to something non-human
What is Personification
When a story is told in the order in which things occur
Sequence/Chronological order
Write four specific examples of a setting.
1. Time
2. Place
3. Weather
4. People
What is another term for explaining how things are different
Contrast
What is Onomatopoeia
Give an example
A word that sounds like the noise it describes or creates
Example: Boom, Pow, Buzzz, Hisss, etc.
If you were reading an article about the events leading up to the American Revolution, what text structure would be used?
What is Chronological order.
What is the plot?
What the story is about
Context Clues
We have a plethora of books in the library
What does the word plethora mean?
A lot of, many, and abundance
The officer has the heart of a lion.
1. What figurative language is this?
2. What does it mean?
1. Metaphor
2. Very brave
How is description used in a text?
Give an example
It is used to provide specific detail about a topic or subject.
What is a resolution?
How the main problem in a story is fixed or solved
What is dialogue?
Conversations between people or characters
What is a common misunderstanding of Alliterations
Alliteration doesn't have to use the same letter, just the same sound
Example: Nelson knew he had never had pneumonia
Compare the book "A Long Walk to Water" to the article "Thirst".
The articles "Thirst" and "A Long Walk to Water" both take place in Africa
They both deal with the shortage of water and the lack of clean water.
Both passages tell the story of how an African tribe was changed after getting a well put into the village.
1. What is the author's purpose?
2. What are the 3 pieces of the author's purpose?
1. The reason the author wrote something
2. Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Why would an author write in the SECOND person P.O.V
To get the reader to put themselves in someone else's shoes
To show a different perspective