Language
This is a comparison between two things that uses the words "like' of "as"
What is a simile?
This punctuation mark goes at the end of a sentence that shows excitement or strong feelings.
What is an exclamation point?
What is a conflict?
These are words that have the same or very similar meanings, like happy and glad.
What are synonyms?
This genre of writing is based on real facts, real people, and real events.
What is nonfiction?
This isa an extreme exaggeration, like saying, "My backpack weighs a ton!"
What is a Hyperbole?
This part of speech replaces a noun, using words like he, she, it, or they.
What is a pronoun?
This term describes where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
These are words with opposite meanings, like hot and cold.
What are antonyms?
This is a funny, five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.
What is a limerick?
This happens when you give human qualities to an animal or object, like "the wind whispered."
What is personification?
This is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
This is the turning point or the most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
This word part is added to the beginning of a base word to change the meaning.
What is a prefix?
This is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in a story.
What is a stanza?
This is a comparison that says one thing is another thing, without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list and to pause before a conjunction.
What is a comma?
This is the life lesson, moral, or message that the author wants the reader to learn.
What is the theme?
If the Greek root "bio" means life, this is what a "biography" is a book about.
What is a person's life?
This type of text tells the story of a real person's life, but it is written by someone else.
What is a BIOGRAPHY?
This is a sound word that mimics the noise it makes, like pow, hiss, or crunch.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another word like itself, often ending in -ly.
What is an adverb?
This point of view uses pronouns like I, me, and we because the narrator is in the story.
What is first-person?
These are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, like sea and see.
What are homophones?
This is an unrhymed Japanese poetic form consisting of 17 syllables arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern.
What is a haiku?