Figurative Language
What is a simile?
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
Exposition
a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.
Description
a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.
Phrase
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.
A. C. E. Method
ACE is an acronym for: Analyze, Correct, and Empower. It's the broad terms for the approach I take when working with athletes. I'm naturally scientific.
Hyperbole
When she did the flips at the dance, she landed as light as a feather.
Rising Action
in a suspense or crime novel, the rising action could be the protagonist going on a journey to solve a mystery or crime.
Cause and Effect
Clause
a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
"the missing verb in the second clause is understood to be the same verb as in the first clause"
Different POVs
In the first person POV, your narrator might say, 'I've come to this coffee shop so often, the barista knows me. ' Your narrator in the second person POV might say something like this, 'You've come to this coffee shop so often, the barista knows you. ' The third person POV knows what all the characters are thinking.
Personification
“The sun smiled down on us.”
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
"the climax of her speech"
Compare and Contrast
Generally speaking, comparing is showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way. For example, you wouldn't compare/contrast reading a book to driving a car, but you would compare reading a book to reading with an e-reader.
Simple Sentence
Conflict
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Onomatopoeia
Buzz-The bee buzzed in my ear. Boom-The boom of the fireworks scared the baby. Meow-The cat meowed for some milk. Bark-Bark!
Falling Action
A story's falling action is what comes after the main climax and leads to the conclusion. During the falling action of "Little Red Riding Hood," a woodsman hears Red's cries and rescues her from the wolf.
Chronology/Sequence
Chronological: When I first woke up, I got dressed and went on a long run. Then, I got ready for the day and went to work. After I got to work, I realized that I had forgotten my lunch and purse.
his text structure gives readers a chronological of events or a list of steps in a procedure. Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war. In another book, steps involved in harvesting blue crabs might be told.
Compound Sentence
Modifier
a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something.
Metapor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
"her poetry depends on suggestion and metaphor"
Conclusion
the end or finish of an event or process.
Problem and Solution
The problem and solution text structure definition is a format of writing that involves setting up the structure of written text to show different problems and then how the problem is solved. Solutions appear in the following ways: Future tense: "how it can be solved" Past tense: "how it was solved"
Complex Sentence
Main idea
The main idea of a paragraph is the author's message about the topic. It is often expressed directly or it can be implied. Knowing how to find main ideas.