What kind of story is based upon imagination rather than facts? Characters may be realistic, but the events are made up by the author.
Fiction
100
A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as".
Example: She eats like a bird.
Simile
100
Words that have similar meanings.
Example: quick & swift
Synonyms
100
Whrer and when a story takes place
Setting
100
Sowing how two items are similar and different.
Compare & Contrast
200
What kind of story is based upon events that are real and not made up by the author?
Non-Fiction
200
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words in a phrase or sentence.
Example: Come eat at Pete's Pancake Place!
Alliteration
200
Words that have opposite meanings
Example: black & white
Antonyms
200
The sequence of events in a story
Plot
200
The central thought of a piece of writing or paragraph.
The topic sentence of a paragraph
Main Idea
300
The word used to classify literature by its form or content.
Example: poetry, biography, fiction, non-fiction
Genre
300
Comparing two objects or ideas without using "like" or "as".
Example: My day was a nightmare as I tried to drive home through the snowstorm.
Metaphor
300
a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes the meaning of a word
Example: un-, untie
Prefix
300
The part of the story where the problem is solved. Comes after the climax in the story.
Resolution
300
To write all the important parts of a paragraph, story or article in a much shorter version
Summarize
400
With this point of view, everything is told from a single character's point of view. The author "tells" the story. The narrator will use the words "I" and "me" when telling the story.
First Person Point of View
400
An object that is given human qualities.
Example: Flowers danced about the lawn.
Personification
400
A group of letters added to the end of a word that changes the meaning of a word or the category of the word.
Example: -ness, happiness
Suffix
400
The underlying meaning of the story.
Example: friendship, courage, survival
Theme
400
Using words and information from around a word to help identify the word and understand its meaning.
Context clues
500
Using this point of view, the authors tells the story as if he is not in the story. He is not involved with the story at all. He uses the words like, "she", "they" and "he".
Third person point of view
500
A word or group of words that appeal to the senses. Use of words to describe sound, taste, touch, smell, and sight.
Imagery
500
The main part of a word in which prefixes and suffixes are added.
Example: forget: unforgetable
Root word
500
A devise used in literature to set up future events. Helps explain future events.
Foreshadowing
500
Using clues from the story and what you already know to make a judgment or prediction about something