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?
a struggle between a person or an outside force
What is external conflict
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?
a sign or warning of whats going to happen next
What is foreshadowing
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
visually descriptive or figurative language
What is imagery
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is inference?