It's All Figurative
What About the Elements
Roses Are Red
Organize Your Thoughts
Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera
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Figurative Language where a word sounds like the noise it describes.

What is ONOMATOPOEIA

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a person (or sometimes an animal) in a work of fiction

What is a CHARACTER

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In poetry, this is someone who tells the story

Who is the SPEAKER

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A text structure that gives details of a subject’s characteristics

What is TEXT DESCRIPTION

200

A note of reference or explanation at the bottom of a page, as in the example below

What is a FOOTNOTE

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"She has a heart of gold" is an example of this type of figurative language

What is METAPHOR

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The way an author chooses to narrate a story- This could be 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person

What is POINT OF VIEW

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The four lines in this poem is an example of a...

What is a QUATRAIN

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A text structure that presents steps in a process

What is TEXT SEQUENCE

400

Information and evidence used to prove or confirm something

What is SUPPORT

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Examples of this type of figurative language are these:

What is PERSONIFICATION

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These are the main events and problem in a story

What is PLOT & CONFLICT

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Pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem

 

What is RHYME SCHEME

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A text structure that states a problem and then offers a solution

What is a TEXT PROBLEM/SOLUTION

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Repetition of someone else’s statement or thought enclosed in quotation marks

 

What are QUOTATIONS

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Words or phrases that are used in a creative way to express something beyond their usual, literal meaning.

What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

800

How a character thinks about or understands something

What is CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE

800

Specific type of poem with 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and structure

What is a SONNET

800

A text structure that explains how or why something happened

What is TEXT CAUSE & EFFECT

800

Something that shows something else is true. This is used to support a claim

What is EVIDENCE

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A type of figurative language with a reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political importance  

What is an ALLUSION

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The way the author thinks about a topic or subject, and his or her attitude toward it

What is AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE

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Specific type pf poem with 19 lines, arranged in 6 stanzas- the 1st five stanzas have three-lines (tercet) followed by the last four-line stanza (quatrain)  

What is a VILLANELLE

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An outline of chapters or section titles and their corresponding pages in a larger text. Usually placed at the beginning of a text.

What is TABLE OF CONTENTS

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The order of words in a sentence. How a text is structured (written).

What is SYNTAX