figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
The final sentence of an introductory paragraph
What is the thesis statement?
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?
Referencing a source of information when including it as textual evidence.
What is a citation?
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 four components of a concluding paragraph
What are touch back, go to the heart, look forward, and end with a punch?
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?
visually descriptive or figurative language
What is imagery
Explaining the opposing side of an argument
What is the counterclaim?
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
The feeling the author wants the reader to have from the text
What is mood?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is inference?
the repeated use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
Information that should not appear in a topic sentence
What is evidence?
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
The author's attitude about a topic
What is tone?
The opposite of what you expect to happen occurs
What is irony