Point of View
This point of view uses the word "you." It is a good choice when giving directions or anytime you're speaking directly to someone. Also, it is almost never used to tell a story.
What is second person.
What is the most important message in a story. It will say something about life or human nature. Sometimes it is a moral or short lesson about life.
What is theme.
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
What is autobiography.
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
What is climax.
When you compare two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
This point of view uses the pronoun "I" and the reader learns all about the thoughts, feelings and actions of this one main character.
What is first person.
What is the emotional suggestion of a word.
What is connotation.
A prefix that means again.
What is "re".
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution.
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
This point of view uses he, she or the main character's name. The reader knows all about the thoughts, feelings, and actions of one main character.
What is third person limited.
What is the passage mostly about. It is the basic point that the author wants the reader to understand.
What is main idea.
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is introduction.
An exaggeration so ridiculous that it isn't possible.
What is a hyperbole.
This point of view uses he, she, and the main character's names. It allows the reader to know all the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all the characters.
What is third person omniscient.
What is a claim?
What is a strong opinion that is supported by facts and evidence.
The time and place of the story.
What is setting?
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action events?
The repetition of at least 3 or more beginning sounds.
What is alliteration.
What refers to the way a story is told, the perspective or angle of vision, or the position from which the events are narrated for the reader.
What is point of view.
What is an inference?
What is an educated guess that is supported by evidence from the passage.
A prefix that means to against.
What is anti?
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action events.
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.