Comparison of two different things using like or as.
What is a simile?
A person place or thing (teacher, McDonald's, pen)
What is a noun?
The overall message in the story.
What is theme?
This genre tells a made up story using characters, conflict and dialogue.
What is fiction?
The way everyone will take the STAAR.
What is online?
This is the name for a paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza?
A word that describes a noun (pretty, tall, humble)
What is an adjective?
When the narrator is the main character in the story.
What is 1st person?
This type of literature artfully uses words and figurative language to express something. Sometimes uses rhymes or a rhythm.
What is poetry?
The main problem throughout a story.
What is conflict?
Ominous, anxious, scary, creepy, dark are all examples of this part of TPFAST.
What is Attitude or Mood?
The action word in a sentence (run, is, jump)
What is a verb?
When choosing the best summary, look for this.
Beginning middle and end.
Most important details
When the test provides two passages back to back and asks questions about how they are similar and different.
What are paired passages?
The beginning of the story. Introduces characters and setting.
What is exposition?
The way a poem makes you feel.
What is mood?
A word that describes or modifies a verb (quickly, well, slowly)
What is an adverb?
In this point of view, the narrator isn't in the story and only knows what the protagonist is thinking.
What is 3rd person limited?
This type of text provides information to explain somehting.
What is expository text?
The turning point in the story. The high point of tension.
What is climax?
This type of poem does not require rhyme or any specific rhythm.
What is free verse?
What is a preposition?
When something happens that is the opposite of what you would expect.
What is irony?
A text written to get someone to change their beliefs or actions.
What is a persuasive text?
This is team integrity. What is the name of the other 8th grade team?
What is courage?