Writers Effect

The difference between a metaphor and a simile is:

• Metaphors use likenesses while similes do not.

• Similes have words such as "like", or "as". Metaphors do not.

• There is no difference.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is used to influence an audience?

• Illustrations

• Pacing

• Settings

• Titles

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Intentionally exaggerating for effect is called _______________

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"Curiosity killed the cat" is an example of ___________________

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idioms

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Imagery is...

• Persuading the reader to feel the same as you
• Using adjectives only
• Creating a picture in the reader's mind
• Using figurative language only

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is "sensory language"?

• language that connects to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create an image or description.
• language that has been censored (censorship)
• language that is not very descriptive
• language that is unfamiliar to the reader

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Identify the mood of the following sentence:
She huddled in the corner, clutching her tattered blanket and shaking convulsively, as she feverishly searched the room for the unknown dangers that awaited her.

• fanciful
• suspenseful
• melancholy

When groups of 3 adjectives or phrases are used to make ideas memorable

• Adjectives

• Rule of Three

• Rhetorical Question

• Emotion (Pathos)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What techniques have been used here?
"On the sandy bank under the trees the leaves lie deep and so crisp that a lizard makes a great skittering if he runs among them."

• Similes and adverb
• Verbs and metaphor
• Adjectives and onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

“Then the iceberg slowly twisted and turned” is what figure of speech?

• Metaphor

• Onomatopoeia

• Personifation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A