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Skills / Fig. Lang.

Skills and Figurative Language for Watsons Unit

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What type of figurative language describes an inanimate object with human-like characterisitics? Personification
What type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as"? Simile
What type of figurative language uses the repetition of beginning sounds to create rhythm in a text? Alliteration
What type of figurative language uses people, places, or objects to represent something else--usually a common, universal concept that all people can relate to? Symbolism
What type of figurative language uses phonemic spelling to show a person's type of speech (often regional)? Dialect
What type of figurative language creates an exaggerated situation or description for effect? Hyperbole
What type of figurative language creates a subtle comparison between two things? Metaphor
What type of figurative language represents sounds as words? Onomatopoeia
What skill should you use to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a text? Context Clues
What skill should you use to learn the personality traits of a person in the story? Characterization
What skill would you use to determine the moods, attitudes, and conditions of the time period of a piece of literature? Historical Context
What skill would you use to determine the author's main message or lesson in a fiction text? Theme
What skill uses your own personal knowledge and experience to make deductions based on facts from the text? Inference
What are four ways one can determine characterization in a text? Thoughts, Dialogue, Actions, Reactions, Narrator Descriptions
What aspect(s) of a story does historical context affect? Culture, Settings, Actions, Ideolologies
Where can you always find the theme of the story? Developed throughout the story
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