Writing
What a text is mainly about.
Main idea
Word that describes a noun.
Adjective
Word that means an exaggeration
Hyperbole
Conclusion a person can draw from details shown in a text.
Infer or take educated guess
What does barren mean?
lifeless; dead; deserted
The reason an author writes a text is called...?
Author's purpose
Shortened form of a word.
Abbreviation
She has a heart of gold.
The girl is nice and caring.
Short dictionary at the back of a book.
Glossary
Details that support a main idea are called..
Evidence or reasons
Story written about the author by the author.
Autobiography
What is hyperbole?
Exaggeration in a text.
Tom is as busy as a beaver.
Tom always has a lot to do.
Conversation between two characters.
Dialogue
What are paragraphs in poetry called?
stanzas
Story that is not true or made up.
Fiction
What acronym can you use to remember conjunctions?
FANBOYS
Alliteration
Things that that happen in a story.
Events or plot
The lesson, message or moral of a story is called....
THEME
Story written about someone else.
Biography
Want is an antecedent?
The subject in a sentence that the pronoun replaces.
The girl couldn't stop moving around like she had ants in her pants.
She was excited or nervous.
Figure of speech in which animals or an object is doing human things
Personification
Word that means "loud enough to be heard"
Audible