place together characters, situations or ideas to show common or differing features in literary selections
What is compare
100
writing that aims to present ideas and evoke an emotional experience in the reader
What is poetry
100
examine and judge carefully
What is evaluate
100
a life story written by the person who lived it
What is autobiography
100
story of a person's life written by another person
What is biography
200
an exaggeration or overstatement
What is hyperbole
200
the main character in a literary work
What is protagonist
200
the structures of a story and the sequences in which an author arranges events in a story including conflict, rising action, the climax, falling action, and the resolution
What is plot
200
the authors's method of organizing text (foreshadowing, flashback).
What are literary structures
200
Writing that is not fictional; designed to explain, argue, instruct, or describe rather than entertain: emphasis is factual
What is nonfiction
300
a fairy-tale type story coming from spoken traditions
What is folktales
300
the essential techniques used in literature ( characterization, plot, setting, theme)
What is literary devices
300
the central message in a story
What is theme
300
highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life
What is fantasy
300
writing that is used to convince someone of something.
What is persuasive?
400
narrative perspective from which literary work is presented to the reader from a "godlike" perspective
What is omniscient
400
a story, actual or fictional , expressed orally or in writing
What is narrative
400
mechanics, usage and sentence completeness
What is conventions of language
400
restate the text or passage, often to clarify meaning or show understanding
What is paraphrase
400
the way in which an author reveals characters, events and ideas in telling a story.
What is point of view?
500
one or two words pronounced alike, but different spelling or meaning
What is homophones
500
using background knowledge and what the text says to make a logical assumption
What is inferences
500
author's point of view
What is author's perspective
500
a shot story usually with animals as characters that teaches a lesson or moral
What are fables
500
the authors method of organizing text (foreshadowing, flashback)