Reading 9th Grade
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in first, second, or third person
What is First Person
The paragraphs of a poem are called_______?
What is a stanza?
The person who writes a poem
What is a poet?
When the narrator describes what a character is like. (hint the word character is in the word)
What is "Characterization"
This is a comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile
"I'm as tough as the crust of the Earth is." This is an example of
metaphor or simile
What is a simile?
To emphasize an important idea.
Why author use repetition?
"Weathering willow whispers wild."
What literary device is this?
What is alliteration?
Why should students annotate passages
To track important details and ideas
This literary device gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification
"I'd catch a grenade for you." This is an example of
hyperbole or onomatopoeia
What is hyperbole?
What is context clues
What is an Antagonist?
What is a 'bad guy' or a 'villain'
A word which sounds like what it mean
Personification or Onomatopoeia
What is onomatopoeia
A struggle between opposing forces in a story is called this.
What is conflict?
The lesson or the moral of the story in a text
What is theme?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
noun, verb or adjective
What is a noun?
It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor or idiom
What is an Idiom
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
What is hyperbole?
“Happy” has a positive what?
What is connotation?
What is the verb in this sentence?
My mom and dad drive to the city together to work every day
What is "drive"
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
noun, verb, adjective
What is Adjective?
It proves and supports your answer using the text.
Words that have the same ending sound_______?
What is rhyme?
A narrator who knows all characters’ thoughts is this type of narrator.
What is third person omniscient?