figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
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?
setting
a plant disease
blight
a direct comparison of two different things
What is metaphor
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax
The reason why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose?
The final sentence of the the intro paragraph in an essay
What is a thesis statement
a disease or ailment
maladies
the main events of a short story
What is plot
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
What is evidence
a conversation between 2 or more people as a feature in a book, play, or movie
dialogue
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
An author/character's feelings towards a certain topic
What is point of view?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is inference?
a person who eeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of others
philanthropist
The events leading up to the climax
What is rising action
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
The opposing force/character of the protagonist
antogonist
deny the truth of a statement by asserting the opposite
contradict