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This is the name given to two words that mean the opposite of each other. Example: on and off
This is a statement that cannot be proven. It communicates someone's feeling or judgment.
This is the part of the story where the problem is resolved.
These words imitate sounds. Example:
Bark! Ow! Beep!
These are words that connect two or more words or sentences. Examples: for, and, but, so.
This is the word given to words that mean nearly the same thing. Example: big and huge
This is what the passage is mostly about.
The place and time where a story takes place.
Words that have the same beginning sound.
Example: Ryan runs rapidly.
These are words that describe positions or locations. Examples: in, on, under, up, beside, with
This is the name given to words that sound the same but have different meanings
This is the text structure where events are listed in time order
This is the moral or message in a story.
This is an example of what type of literary device/figurative language:
The wind gently touched her cheek.
Complete this correlative conjunction: neither/________
What is nor?
This is the word that best completes the following sentence:
_______ is the book on the shelf.
(They’re, Their, There
This is the text feature that gives clues to the main idea of a section.
This is the turning point in a story. Think about plot diagram.
This is what you call the “paragraphs” in a poem; groups of lines of poetry separated by space
These are words that show excitement or an interruption. Examples: Hey! Wow!
What are interjections?
Out of antonym, homonym or synonym, this describes this pair of words:
dull and boring
This is how an author thinks of feels about a topic.
What is the author’s point of view
This is a synonym for “narrative
What is “story”?
This is figurative language that would not make sense if taken literally. Example: Cat’s got your tongue
This is a noun or phrase that immediately follows a noun and it renames that noun. For example: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, grew up in Kentucky
what is an "appositive"