Imani+Review

Analogy: To compare two things Metaphor : To compare a noun to another without using the words "//like//" or "//as//" Example: "//Your hair is white snow//" Simile: To compare a noun when using the words "//like//" or "//as//" Example: "//Your hair is as white as snow//" Idiom: is an expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made. Example: "//Your eyes are bigger than your stomach//" Personification: To take a non-living item and make it have human abilities. Example: "//The tree was dancing in the wind//" Hyperbole: To exaggerate Example: "//We have been walking for 1,000 hours//" (But it was really 10 minutes) Root words: The Base of a word Example: //"The Root Word of Trustworthy is trust"// Affixes: A word stem to form a new word. Examples: The 4 types of Affixes are beginning (prefixation), the middle (infixation) or the end (suffixation). Word meanings • Definition • Example • Restate • Contrast Textbooks: a book of information. is a referance Newspapers: news that is daily updated Signs: something tha give you directions or guides you. Instruction manuals: something that guides you Atlas Almanac Encyclopedia Cause and effect Author’s argument/ Point of view/ Perspective Technical directions Consumer and workplace documents Author’s evidence Bias: To not be fair. Stereotyping Short story Novella Novel Essay Plot Foreshadowing Characterization Theme First Person Third Person omniscient Third Person Limited Subjective Point of View Objective Point of view Transitions Anecdotes Descriptions Facts Statistics Examples Note-taking Outlining Summarizing Paraphrasing/rephrasing Bibliography In-text citation Revise for organization Revise for word choice Beginning/middle/end Conflict/resolution Rising action Climax Denouement Major and minor characters Setting Dialogue Suspense Narrative action Organize around clear ideas and images Card catalog Magazine Newspaper Dictionary Footnotes Support and proposition Reader’s concern Counter argument Main idea Significant details Modifiers Active voice Infinitives Participles Pronouns and antecedents Parts of speech Structure and types of sentences Pronoun reference Quotation marks Commas Dependent and independent clauses Hyphens Dashes Brackets Semicolons