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| metaphor(direct or implied) |
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comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as.
saying something is something else. |
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| comparing 2 unlke things using like or as |
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| over-exageration for effect. Exaggerating time, size, soace, distance, ect.. |
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| giving an inanimate object human characteristics. |
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| when the opposite of what you expect happens a surprise or twisted ending. |
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| a refrence to a famousperson, place, event, idea, movie, song, book ect. |
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| combining 2 opposites foe effect. |
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| repitition of begining sounds in 2 or more words within one line of poetry. |
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| repitition of end sounds in 2 or more words within a line of poetry-not rhyme! |
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| when a word sounds lke it's meaning it has no meaning beyond its sound. |
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| when all sounds except the first are teh same in two or more words. |
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| csr(collaborative stragtegic reading) |
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| a reading stradegy to help you comprehend bettter that has steps for before during and after reading |
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steps completed prior to reading
1. branstorm and2.predict. |
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| a step completed before reading to help you identify what you already know about the topic-should start with "i know..." |
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| after brainstorming guess what you will learn- should start "i think..." |
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steps completed while readin
1. clunk steps
2. det the gist. |
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figure out the meaning of new words.
1. sounds like/looks like.
2 roots, prefixs, suffexs.
3. context clues in the sentence
4. context clues in other sentences. |
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steps to understand the main idea.
1.who/what is about
2.whats most important about who/what
3.but in a sentence of 10 words or less. |
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| punctuation used in contraction(can't won't ect) and possesives( Amelia's car, the Smith's house). |
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| punctuation used within seperating items in a list(milk, egg,and, butter) and following a dependent clause to seperate it from an independent clause. |
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| punctuation put around someone elses words-either dialogue in a story or around a direct quote in research paper. |
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a person, place, or thing.
common- school teacher
proper- Milton Hershey School Miss Zimmermanq |
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describes a noun blue sleepy gigantic slanted
tell us what something is like.. |
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what you do
action-holler tumble
being- am is are we |
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describes verbs often end in ly but not always
sneakily really angrily well |
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join words, phrases, or clauses
subortinating- before since because while
coordinating- FANBOYs |
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words that begin phrases ending in nouns that describe relationships
around the bend, over the hill, to the beach |
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shows strong emotion often punctuated with an exclamation mark
wow! gee whiz!
these are the cheesiest parts of speech |
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always come before nouns-there are only 3 of them
a an the |
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the feelings we associate with words
fresh cozy sparkly golden- positive
murky dank dull dirty- negative |
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| the dictionary definition of a word it's basic meaning. |
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the authors attitude towards his/her audience and characters
serious humorous ect |
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words you may not use in formal expository writing
1st and 2nd pronouns conractions, good, bug, sad, happy, really, alot, nice, things, stuff |
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words that help you move from one point to the next point
to begin as one can see also clearly ect.. |
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| the perspective from which the story is told |
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| the story is told by a character in the story clue words are i me my from the narrator. |
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