Figurative Language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
What is a conclusion paragraph?
where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting?
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
An assumption we can make about a text based on evidence
Inference
a direct comparison of two different things, not using like or as
What is metaphor?
Can be found in the back of a book and lists names and places in alphabetical order
What is the index?
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax?
It means the opposite
What is antonym?
Uses the words I and me in a story
1st person point of view
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
Located in the front of a book and tells readers where to find something
What is the table of contents?
Includes exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is a plot diagram?
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
Does not rhyme and has 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and 5 syllables
What is a haiku?
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
What is a biography?
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme?
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
What is mood?
The author's attitude toward the subject they are writing about
What is the tone?
the repeated use of the same consonant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
What is a topic sentence?
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view?
Includes the author's name, publisher, city, and date at the end of an essay
What is a bibliography or works cited page?
Persuade, inform, or entertain
What is the author's purpose?