Comprehension
What is the difference between a character’s physical traits and their personality traits?
Physical is how they look; personality is how they act/think.
1 word
combination
What is a flashback?
When the author stops the story to tell you about something that happened a long time ago.
1 word
scorm
What is an antonym?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
"She felt melancholy when her best friend moved away." What is a synonym for melancholy?
Sad/unhappy
2 words
approach
penalty
How does the setting of a "haunted house" affect the mood of a story?
It makes the mood spooky, scary, or mysterious.
2 words
crish
flesty
What compares two things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Compare and contrast hurricanes and tornados.
Compare: spinning, dangerous, windstorms, cause damage.
Contrast: over warm ocean water/land and last for days/minutes
3 words
mistaken
electricity
instantly
If a story takes place during a real war from the past but has made-up characters, what is the genre?
Historical fiction
3 words
maint
lome
theap
What is personification?
When an author gives human qualities to an object, like "The old floorboards groaned under my feet."
If the author describes a character’s heart "beating like a drum," how is that character feeling?
Nervous, scared, or excited
4 words
rotation
basement
shoulder
medicine
This word describes the way the main character's problem is finally solved at the end.
Resolution
4 words
snam
cacky
kound
abrock
What is repeating the same beginning sound in a sentence called? "Six slippery snakes slid slowly."
Alliteration
Why would an author include a diagram with labels in a book about sharks?
To help INFORM the reader about the different parts of a shark.
5 words
collection
understood
pioneer
disappointment
opportunity
When a story is told in First-Person, the narrator uses these two main words to talk about themselves.
I and Me
5 words
mife
knent
ploop
amnut
froan
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"This suitcase weighs a ton!"
Hyperbole