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ELA FLASH CARDS. By Zane M oore. ANALOGY. similarity or comparability I see no analogy between your problem and mine. ATITUDE. manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind
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ELA FLASH CARDS By Zane Moore
ANALOGY • similarity or comparability • I see no analogy between your problem and mine.
ATITUDE • manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind • a negative attitude; group attitudes.
infer • to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: • They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
CHARACTER • the features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. • The boy was short, skinny, blonde hair, he was 4 foot4,.
CLIMAX • a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. • The climax of the movie “harry potter and the deathly hallows” was when Gobi died.
CONCLUSION • the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or decisions reached. • In conclusion the pig was arrested.
metaphor • figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance. • “A mighty fortress is our god”
Fact • something that actually exists; reality; truth • I go and see my grandparents almost every weekend.
SETTING • the surroundings or environment of anything. • The setting of my grandparents back yard Is a lot of woods.
SIMILE • a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as is • “she is like a rose”. • “The girl likes pickles more than a pig likes mud”