figurative language
Analyzing text
word work
literary genres
story elements
100
A comparison using like or as. The girl was as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile?
100
Finding the things that two items share. For example - Both of the goldfish are orange.
What is a comparison?
100
A word that means the same.
What is a synonym?
100
A story that has characters and events based on real people an events in history. For example - The Houdini Box
What is historical fiction?
100
A set of events the make up the story (the beginning, middle, and end).
What is plot?
200
When an animal or object uses human characteristics. For example - a mouse talking.
What is personification?
200
Finding the ways in which two things differ. For example - That goldfish is much smaller than the other one.
What is contrast?
200
A group of letters added to the beginning of a word that changes its meaning.
What is a prefix?
200
A story with events that could never really happen. For example - Wilbur talking in Charlotte's Web.
What is fantasy?
200
The main lesson learned in the story.
What is theme?
300
A set of words beginning with the same consonant sound. For example - red roses.
What is alliteration?
300
A person, place, thing, or event that makes something happen.
What is a cause?
300
A group of letters added to the end of a word that changes its meaning.
What is a suffix?
300
A story that tells about events that could actually happen. For example - What Jo Did
What is realistic fiction?
300
The answer to the problem in the story.
What is solution?
400
A comparison without using like or as. For example - Sally was a mouse in school because she was so quiet.
What is metaphor?
400
Something that can be proved as true.
What is a fact?
400
A word that means the opposite.
What is an antonym?
400
A story that provides factual information about a topic. For example - Encantado: The Pink Dolphin.
What is expository nonfiction?
400
Where and when a story takes place.
What is setting?
500
Using extreme exaggeration. For example - The pizza was the temperature of the sun.
What is hyperbole?
500
The result or the thing that happens.
What is an effect?
500
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.
What are homographs?
500
A story of a person's life told by someone else.
What is a biography?
500
The people or animals in a story.
Who are characters?
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