Definitions
Elements of a story
Reference sources
Figurative Language
Poetic Elements
100
The reason an author writes.
What is to persuade, inform or entertain.
100
characters
What is the people or animals in the story.
100
dictionary
What is a book that provides definitions and pronunciations.
100
simile
What is a comparison using "like" or "as" (He's as hungry as a bear!).
100
alliteration
What is the repetition of intial sounds (Maggies makes magnificient muffins.)
200
The central thgought; main topic of the passage expressed or implied in a word or phrase.
What is the main idea.
200
setting
What is the time or place in which the story takes place.
200
thesaurus
What is a book that provides synonyms.
200
metaphor
What is a comparison that does not use like or as (He is a hungry bear!)
200
onomatopoeia
What is a word's sound imitates its meaning. (buzz, snap, boom, crackle)
300
Internal Text Structure
What is the organization of information to aid meaning.
300
theme
What is the message the story or what the author is trying to tell us about life.
300
Data Bases
What is search engines or websites gathered together for you.
300
hyperbole
What is an intentional exaggeration (She ran ten miles to get here!)
300
rhyme
What is when words have similar final sounds. (fishing, wishing)
400
External Text Structure
What is a visual aid to organize or add information to help a reader recognize what is important.
400
plot
What is the main events of the story.
400
atlas
What is a book of maps.
400
personification
What is giving a human characteristic to something that is not human. ("The tree dances in the wind.)
400
repetition
What is the repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas in poetry.
500
Infer
What is to draw conclusions based on what you've read, not only on what the author has directly told you.
500
conflict
What is the main problem in the story. External Internal
500
almanac
What is a book of facts and statistics that is published yearly.
500
The reason we use figurative language
What is to make your writing more descriptive.
500
rhythm
What is the beat of a line in poetry.
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