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What is a plot?
Sequence of events that take place. Stuff that happens.
What 3 W's do we ask ourselves when trying to find relevant, important details?
Who, what and why.
What is a simile?
Figurative language that compares two or more things using "like" or "as"
What word means "facts and details that support the reasons"?
Evidence.
Bold, italicized, and highlighted words are examples of what?
Text features.
What is a summary?
A shortened version of the text, retold in your own words.
What does the "A" in S.T.E.A.L stand for?
Actions (what the character is doing)
What kind of clues do strong readers use to find the meaning of unfamiliar words?
Context clues.
What is does 'conflict' mean in a story?
The problem the characters have in the story.
What is a line break?
Where each line of text ends in a poem.
If an author is trying to convince you to do something or try something, what is the author's purpose?
To persuade.
The title and the heading tells readers what the ___ ___ is (what it is mostly about).
central idea.
What literary element is the turning point in a story?
The climax.
What are affixes?
Affixes are word parts that are added to the beginning or the end of a root word. Prefixes and suffixes are affixes.
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a proverb?
A saying that teaches a lesson.
What is the difference between the author's perspective and the character's perspective?
The author's perspective is how the author feels about the topic and can include the author's opinions and beliefs.
The character's perspective is how the character feels about something in the story.
The message or lesson the author wants you or the character to take away is called the ______.
Theme.
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing.
What text structure is used when talking about what is alike and what is different?
Compare and contrast.
Words that sound the same and are spelled the same but have different meanings are called ______.
Homonyms (bat, palm).
What is an example of a secondary source?
Newspapers, Articles, Textbooks, Biographies, Dictionaries
The "K" in T.A.A.C.K.O stands for ___ ______.
Key details.
What is the definition of the root 'auto'?
Self
What is the definition of the prefix "pre"?
Before.