Fiction
The point in the plot that first triggers the conflict.
What is the Initiating Event?
The emotional, cultural, or implied meaning associated with a word beyond its literal dictionary definition.
What is Connotation?
Determining how two texts, characters, or situations are the same or different using a Venn diagram is called . . .
What is Compare and Contrast?
Why couldn’t the pony sing in the choir? He was a little horse.
What is a Pun?
My brother eats like a pig.
What is a Simile?
Uses pronouns "he," "she," and "they," and no internal thoughts of the characters are known.
What is 3rd Person Objective?
A form of poetry that does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, stanzas, or any musical pattern.
What is Free Verse?
The writer using information from the text to back up their own point is called . . .
What is Supporting Evidence?
The author gives clues early in the text that will have significance later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
My sister is a whirlwind when doing her chores.
What is a Metaphor?
A character who changes or grows throughout the story, shows a range of emotions, and has a multi-dimensional personality.
What is a Dynamic Character or a Round Character?
There once was a big brown cat, A
that liked to eat a lot of mice. B
He got all round and fat, A
because they tasted so nice. B
A-B-A-B is called the . . .
What is a Rhyme Scheme?
When the reader judges whether or not a nonfiction text is valid, they need to ____________ or ___________ the source.
What is Analyze or Evaluate?
A person, place, thing, or action that represents an abstract idea, belief, feeling, or attitude.
What is Symbolism?
Time stole away my youth.
What is Personification?
A character who remains unchanged throughout the story, and only one side of their personality is shown.
What is a Static Character or a Flat Character?
A group or set of lines in a poem, usually separated from others by a space, which acts like a paragraph.
What is a Stanza?
When a writer captures the main idea and the key supporting points of a text in their own words, it is called a . . .
What is a Summary?
A comparison of two unlike things to create a balance of equal weight or a specific relationship. It works like a formula. Hot is to Cold as Tall is to Short.
What is an Analogy?
Pretty Ugly / Civil War / Deafening Silence
What is an Oxymoron?
The author shows how the character appears to feel about what is happening or what is important to the character.
What is Attitude?
The "beat" heard in a poem, similar to that heard in music.
What is Rhythm?
The logical process of reaching a conclusion, or forming an opinion, based on evidence, reasoning, and prior knowledge is called an . . .
What is an Inference?
The use of words, events, or situations that create the opposite of what is meant or expected.
What is Irony?
The glittering snow blanketed the field in the moonlight.
What is Visual Imagery?