Reading
The location and time of a story
What is the setting?
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is the introduction?
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
The drums were like a thunderstorm.
Simile
To use strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
A word opposite in meaning to another
What is an antonym?
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
This is the action part of the sentence.
What is the predicate/ verb?
The snow is a white blanket.
Metaphor
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
The turning point, high point, or main event is in a story.
What is the climax
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
The wind whispered voices at night.
Personification
The struggle between a character and 1 or more opposing force is called
What is the conflict?
This is the main message the author wants to convey in his/her story. This is the moral is the lesson that the writer wants you to learn from the story.
What is a theme?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What is first person?
A person place or thing.
What is a noun?
It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
A literary device that describes how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is a plot?
This introductory statement tells the reader what your essay is primarily about.
What is a Thesis Statement?
The sloth may stay in the tree all day.
The helping verb in the sentence above is _____.
What is may?
I waited in line for a million hours until it was my turn.
Hyperbole
When a word means something other than the literal meaning.
What is connotation?