Go Jets!
Mrs. Smith rocks!
Reading is FUN
Zion rules
Jet Pride
100
an extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
100
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
What is alliteration
100
characters that grow or change during a story
What is character development
100
the definition of a word that is found in a dictionary
What is denotation
100
the use of words whose sounds imitate the sound associated with the object
What is onomatopoeia
200
an implied comparison of two objects that does NOT contain the words like or as
What is metaphor
200
a form of nonfiction in which a person tells the story of his or her life
What is autobiography
200
Who is your favorite teacher???? ( think very carefully!)
What is Mrs. Smith
200
compares two unlike items and includes the words like or as
What is simile
200
the order in which events happen in time
What is chronological order
300
giving human qualities to animals or objects
What is personification
300
a force working against the protagonist
What is antagonist
300
a vivid sensory description to help a reader see, hear, smell, taste, and feel what the writer is describing
What is imagery
300
a poem that tells a story and is meant to be sung or recied
What is ballad
300
the reader's process of pausing occasionally while reading to quickly review what he or she understands
What is clarifying
400
His or her reason for creating a particular work. (entertain, inform, express an opinion, persuade)
What is author's purpose
400
an author's preference for one side of an issue over another
What is bias
400
the process of breaking something down into its elements so that they can be examined individually
What is analysis
400
short sayings that convey wisdom or insight
What is proverbs
400
expressions that have been used so many times by so many wirters that they have become stale
What is cliches
500
a word, phrase, or expression that has meaning beyond the literal meaning of the word (put your nose to the grindstone)
What is idiom
500
a figiure of speech that brings together two contradictory terms (jumbo shrimp)
What is oxymoron
500
references to well-known events or characters from literature, history, or another field of knowledge. ( He has the Midas touch)
What is allusions
500
a brief account of an interesting incident or event that usually is intended to entertain or to make a point
What is anecdote
500
an author's beliefs and attitudes as expressed in his or her writing
What is author's perspective
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