Main Idea & Theme
What the text is mostly about.
What is main idea?
The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.
What is point of view?
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The punctuation mark used to end a statement that conveys strong emotion.
What is an exclamation point.
The literal dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
The lesson, moral or universal truth explored by the text.
What is theme?
When the narrator is a character in the story.
What is first person point of view?
Words that sound like what they are describing. ~ Pop, Boom, Whisper, Babble ~
What is onomatopoeia?
The punctuation mark that can be used before a list of things. :
What is a colin?
The thoughts and feelings associated with words.
What is connotation?
The subject being written about.
What is topic?
The narrator is not part of the story but is recounting or telling the story as an observer.
What is third person point of view?
When the consonant sounds at the beginning of words are repeated.
What is alliteration?
A part of speech that names a person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
Words that have meaning specific to certain subject areas.
What is technical language?
To tell what happened in a story using your own words.
What is summarize?
An uncommon point of view in which the author uses the pronouns you and your.
What is second person point of view?
It's raining cats and dogs!
What is an idiom?
Twenty eggs (were/was) in the basket.
What is "were."
Words that express ideas in unusual or creative ways.
What is figurative language?
Using the details you read and what you already know to make a conclusion.
What is making an inference?
When the third person narrator knows some of the details, but not all of them.
What is "limited" third person point of view?
A type of figurative language in which two things are compared by stating one thing actually is something else.
What is a metaphor?
A part of speech that takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Positive, Negative & Neutral
What are types of connotations?