Main Idea and Cause and Effect
One to two words that explain the subject being discussed.
What is topic?
Two words with opposite meanings
What is antonym?
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 to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
3 of the 4 types of conflict in literature.
What is man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self, and man vs. society?
The type of writing that is about made events
What is fiction?
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?
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away.
What is man vs. self?
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 exposition?
Repetition of sounds in writing
What is alliteration?
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is man vs. nature
Where a story takes place
What is setting?
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action?
An over-exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
A fact, a statement, a quote, or event, that backs up a key idea.
What is a supporting detail?
Jemelie is opposed to the arranged marriage with Rakesh that her parents have set up because she wants to study medicine.
What is man vs. society?
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
What is autobiography?
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action?
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification?