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Quarter 3 Learning Targets
Figurative Language, Compare/Contrast, Draw Conclusions, Fact & Opinion
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English
8th Grade
04/18/2012

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Compare
Definition
Definition: Similarities

Example: Katniss is similar to Spongebob in two ways. One way they are similar is that they are both imaginary. Another way they are similar is that they both care for their friends.
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Contrast
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Definition: Differences

Example: Katniss is different from Spongebob in two ways. One difference is that Katniss is human and Spongebob is a sponge. Another difference is that Spongebob is fun and goofy while Katniss is serious and confused.
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Theme
Definition
Definition: The most important lesson or morale from a text.

Example: One theme from The Hunger Games is love conquers all.
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Fact
Definition
Definition: Information that can be proven.

Example: Mr. Crew is wearing his wedding ring.
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Opinion
Definition
Definition: Information based on emotion, that cannot be proven.

Example: Mr. Crew's green and blue tie is the best tie ever.
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Simile
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Definition: A comparison using like or as.

Example: My heart is like a red red rose...
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Metaphor
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Definition: A comparison NOT using like or as.

Example: My heart's a stereo.
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Personification
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Definition: Giving human qualities to non-human creatures, objects or ideas.

Example: The radio spoke to him.
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Hyperbole
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Definition: An exaggeration used for emphasis.

Example: Mr. Crew has millions of ties.
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Idiom
Definition
Definition: A saying where the words can only be understood figuratively. It's like a kind of slang.

Example: It's raining cats and dogs.
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Onomatopoeia
Definition
Definition: Words that sound like their meaning.

Example: Boom boom boom, even brighter than the moon moon moon.
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Alliteration
Definition
Definition: The same sounds START words.

Example: Around the rough and rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran.
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Rhyme
Definition
Definition: The same sounds END words.

Example: Moses supposes his toeses are roses.
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Conclusion
Definition
Definition: An OPINION about a WHOLE TEXT well-supported by evidence.

The conclusion I can make about Katniss is that she cares about Prim more than anything else. I know this because in the text it says, "I volunteer, I volunteer as tribute." This shows the conclusion because Katniss was asking to take Prim's place in the Hunger Games, even though she would probably be killed.
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