Figurative Language
What is a simile
like or as
Exposition
the point in time or space at which something starts.
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
designed to help writers organize their writing and support their thinking to form constructed responses for informative/explanatory compositions.
Hyperbole
exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Rising action
the section of plot that begins with a conflict and is concerned with the main character's struggle to overcome that conflict
Cause and Effect
he operation or relation of a cause and its 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.
Different POVs
1st person,2nd person, and 3ed person
Personification
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Climax
the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.
Compare and Contrast
comparing is showing the similarities, and contrasting is showing differences between two things that are related in some way.
Simple Sentence
a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.
Conflict
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Onomatopoeia
Sounds
Falling Action
the period of time in a story that follows the climax and leads to the resolution.
Chronology/Sequence
a particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.
Compound Sentence
a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.
Modifier
a word, especially an adjective or noun used attributively, that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun (e.g. good and family in a good family house ).
Metaphor
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Conclusion
the end or finish of an event or process.
problem and Solution
a format of writing that where the structure of written text is laid out to show different problems and then how the problem is solved.
Complex Sentence
a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.
Main idea
noun. the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.