A comparison of two like things using the words "like" or "as".
What is SIMILE?
100
Character, setting, problem, solution, theme.
What are STORY ELEMENTS?
100
Asking questions and trying to find answers to build theories about characters.
What is STEPPING OUTSIDE OF THE STORY TO BUILD THEORIES ABOUT CHARACTERS?
100
Words with opposite meanings. For example: hot and cold
What is ANTONYM
100
Rewrite, draft, revise, edit, publish.
What is THE WRITING PROCESS?
200
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
The individuals that the story is about.
What is CHARACTER?
200
The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
200
A word with the same meaning--for example: cold and chilly
What is SYNONYM?
200
A sentence that gives a direct command.
What is IMPERATIVE SENTENCE?
300
A word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places without using the words "like" or "as".
What is a METAPHOR?
300
The environment, surroundings, or time frame of the story so that the reader feels that he or she can picture the scene.
What is SETTING?
300
The acronym to remember the six types of indirect characterization.
What is S.T.E.A.L (SPEECH, THOUGHTS, EFFECT ON OTHERS, ACTIONS, LOOKS)?
300
Clues in the words around a word that help you understand what the word means.
What is CONTEXT CLUES?
300
The acronym for capitalization.
What is M.I.N.T.S (Months,pronoun I, names, titles, start of sentence)?
400
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
What is a HYPERBOLE?
400
The main character in a story.
What is a PROTAGONIST?
400
Readers pay attention to recurring ...... and details in stories.(Theory #4)
What is THEME?
400
A statement of the exact meaning of a word
What is DEFINITION?
400
Two or more complete sentences that are put together without the appropriate punctuation.
What is a RUN-ON SENTENCE?
500
Words or phrases that exaggerate or alter the usual meanings of the individual words.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
500
The central idea/lesson that the story teaches us about life and human nature.
What is THEME?
500
All the aspects of a person's behavior and attitudes that make up that person's personality; are often shown with descriptive adjectives, like patient, unfaithful, or jealous.
What are CHARACTER TRAITS?
500
A linguistic element added to a word or root to produce a derived or inflected form.
What is AFFIX?
500
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.