the character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
100
a comparison using like or as
Simile
100
Can an opinion be proven true or false?
No
100
Identify the type of figurative language:
"John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is a metaphor?
200
the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for
What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?
200
the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths
What is theme?
200
The repetition of the same initial consonant sound.
Alliteration
200
What text structure outlines the chronological order, events or list of steps in a text?
Sequence Text
200
Identify the type of figurative language:
"Micaela and I are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie since we arrived early to the theater."
What is an idiom?
300
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
300
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
300
An extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
300
What text structure talks about the similarities and differences between people, things, concepts and ideas?
Compare and Contrast
300
Identify the figurative language:
"The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
400
What are the 5 types of Informational Text?
Descriptive, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast and Problem and Solution.
400
a short text that describes the original text and must include abbreviated information from the story
summary
400
the feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
400
Name at least two things you need to consider and notice when reading an expository text.
Table of contents, index, glossary, graphics/figures, headings, subtitles, and bolded/italicized words/phrases etc.
400
Identify the figurative language:
"Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What is a simile?
500
a reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
500
Draw a plot diagram and label the five sections
Exposition, Rising Actions, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution
500
Define an oxymoron and give an example.
A phrase whose words contradict eachother with opposite meanings.
ie: pretty ugly, working vacation, etc.
500
What are the 5 ways to use context clues?
Inference, Example, Definition, Synonym and Antonym
500
Identify the figurative language:
"Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."