Reading Comprehension
The series of events in a story
Plot
The time and place in which a story takes place
Setting
What a story or other text is mostly about
Main/central idea
Words with the same or similar meaning
Synonyms
The moral or lesson of a story
Theme
The reason an author writes a piece of text
Author's purpose
Words with opposite meanings
Antonyms
The unique way a narrator or character in a story sees/understands what happens
Point of view
Comparing different things using "like" or "as"
Simile
The reason something happens, and the thing that happens
Cause and effect
The problem that has to be resolved in a story
Conflict
The literary term for exaggeration
Hyperbole
Explaining the similarities and differences between elements in a text
Compare and contrast
Describing a non-human object using human-like qualities
Personification
The point of highest tension in a story
Climax
Writing that is meant to explain a subject
Expository
Comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Writing that is meant to tell a story
Narrative
Using an object or image to represent a larger idea
Symbolism
Writing that is meant to influence a reader's opinion
Persuasive
Point of view where the narrator describes the thoughts of all the characters
Third person, omniscient
Word for arguments an author makes in a non-fiction text
Claims
The ending of a story, when everything is coming to a close
Resolution
When a text is organized by the order in which things happen
Sequential
When the opposite of what is expected happens
Irony