Za'niah's ELA Review

Examples of figurative language

100

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 (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ).

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200

hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

300

personifcation

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

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400

Onomatopoeia

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

500

metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

definitions of plot devices

100

Exposition

The start of the story when they introduce the story and the settings

200

Rising action

the section of plot that begins with a conflict and is concerned with the main character's struggle to overcome that conflict.

300

climax

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

400

Falling action

The falling action of a story is the section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion.

500

Conclusion

The end or finish of an event or process

definitions of text structures

100

description 

a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.

200

cause and effect 

one or more things happen as a result of something else.

300

compare and contrast 

looking for similarities and differences between two things,

400

Chronology/Sequence

looking at a timeline to view what occurred first and what happened after that.

500

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

definitions of clauses and phrases

100

phrase 

a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.

200

clause

a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.

300

simple sentence

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   a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.

   
   

400

compound sentence

1. a sentence with more than one subject or predicate.

   
   

500

complex sentence

1. a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses.

   
   

(what these things are) MISC.

100

A . C . E method

The ACE writing strategy is designed to help writers organize their writing and support their thinking to form constructed responses for informative/explanatory compositions.

200

Different povs

1st person POV uses “I” and “we.” 2nd person POV uses “you.” 3rd person POV uses “he,” “she,” “it,” and “they.”

300

conflict 

a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.

400

modfiers 

a person or thing that makes partial or minor changes to something.

500

main idea 

what the story is mostly about