critical thinking, figures of speech

• critical thinking is judging an idea in text whether it is valid or invalid, the intention of the author, and the objective of the selection
• critical reading is reading between the line
• critical reading getting what a text really means
• making inferences drawing out unsaid ideas in the text based on what is said
• inference it is an educated guess
• inferences need evidence presented, prior knowledge
• stated is what is said in a text
• implied is used to critical thinking, thatis not completely stated
• context clues

  • words
  • phrases
  • punctuations
• figure of speech is a writer’s tool in creatively expressing an idea
• figures of speech are words or phrases that transcend their literal meanings
• figures of speech are xxpressions that appear to say one thing, but mean another thing
• Simile

  • comparison of two dissimilar things using “like” or “as“
• Metaphor

  • Comparison of dissimilar things that have common characteristics (without the use of like or as)
• Personification

  • Giving attributes/characteristics of human beings to inanimate objects.
• Hyperbole

  • an exaggeration
• Onomatopoeia

  • Formation of a word associated with its sound
• Alliteration

  • Repetition of initial consonant sounds
• Oxymoron

  • contradictory terms appearing side by side
• Paradox

  • A statement that appears or seems to contradict itself
• Irony

  • an expression where the intention was different or contrary to what was said; often to sound humorous.
• Euphemism

  • Words tha prevent unpleasant or offensive effect