Unit 1 Test Review

4. is visually descriptive or figurative language that creates a mental image for the reader. Typically, these descriptions appeal to the five senses.
6. is giving human-like qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to inanimate (not living) objects
8. the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
11. the universal message about life or the main idea of a text often expressed indirectly by an author.
12. Inform to teach you something or give you information
13. states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison but it does not use “like” or “as” to make the comparison.
14. The repetition of the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
15. conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
16. Idea the central idea in a story or text; what a text is mostly about.
17. an extreme exaggeration; an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as "to wait an eternity."

1. a summary that does not include any opinions or judgments about what is written in the text. Instead, it only includes information that comes from the text
2. Persuade to convince you to do or think something
3. is a comparison using “like” or “as”. It typically compares two unlike objects.
5. an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
7. Entertain to make you have fun while you’re reading.
9. The author’s attitude/feelings about the subject of his/her writing.
10. when and where a story takes place