Q4 Vocabulary

1. "Sam sang sweet songs" is an example of…

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Imagery is…

• Using descriptive language to create visuals

• Include real images/pictures in writing

• using a group of words

An example of rhyme is:

• It’s raining, it’s pouring;

  The old man is snoring

• All the way home, I thought of his sweet gesture

• We strolled down the sidewalk, listening to porch swings creak.

Figurative language means…

• Using techniques such idioms, metaphors, similes, personification, rhyme, or alliteration

• Using literal or exact meaning

• Using nouns, verbs, and adjectives to convey meaning.

Literary analysis means…

• Writing an objective summary of text

• Using valid evidence from the text

• Closely studying a text and interpreting the meaning of words and actions of the characters, and plot.

Thesis statement is …

• A statement about the textual evidence

• A statement about the author

• A statement about the goal or main idea of the essay you are writing

Textual evidence…

• provide facts from the text.

• provide the claim in writing

• provide the hook.

The overall feeling the writer gives the reader is…

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

A simile uses “like” or “as” to compare two unlike things

• True

• False

A metaphor is ...

• A figure of speech that describes something that is not literally true.

• does not use like or as to compare two unlike things.

• Both A and B