Word Meanings
His angry words were "like" daggers stabbing my soul.
What is Simile?
In writing, the process of ordering, structuring and presenting information. It is the _____ of the text.
The perspective from which a story is told or information is provided. The way the author lets the readers see and hear the story or information; who tells the story.
Example: First person, limited third person
What is Point Of View?
A writer's arrangement or overall design of a literary work. It is the way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.
What is Structure ?
An argument that makes an opposing point to another argument. It expresses the view of a person who disagrees with your position.
What is a Counter Argument?
An author takes this attitude toward the audience, the subject, or a character.
What is Tone?
A method of relating how two or more elements or texts are DIFFERENT.
Hint: There is a sharp ____________between the carefree mood set in the short story and the serious mood of the poem.
Often, an antagonistic relationship called a ___ drives the plot of a story or novel.
Examples: character vs. character, character vs. society, character vs. nature, character vs. fate, character vs. self.
What is Conflict ?
The specific part of a subject that is dealt with in a research paper, essay, or presentation.
What is a Topic ?
A point of view, in which the narrator is outside the story, reveals the thoughts of only one character, and yet refers to that character as 'he' or 'she'. It is called third-person _______.
What is Limited?
A comparison based on a similarity between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
Examples: Above is to below as brother is to sister, Carrot is to vegetable as green is to color, Desk is to furniture as triangle is to shape.
What is Analogy?
The way an author expresses ideas through the use of kinds of words, literary devices, and sentence structure.
People or animals who take part in a literary work.
What are Characters ?
Words, phrases or sentences that link segments of writing.
What is a Transition?
The facts or details that back up a main idea, theme, or thesis.
What is Supporting Evidence?
The literal definition of a word is also called its ______.
What is Denotation?
A writer's arrangement or overall design of a literary work. The way words, sentences, and paragraphs are organized to create a complete work.
What is Structure?
A state of heightened anticipation and tension, which can arise from events in or the setting of a story.
What is Suspense?
A one-sentence summary of a paragraph's main point.
What is a Topic Sentence?
A point of view in which the story is told by one of the characters.
Example: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is a novel told in this point of view, because she is one of the characters, referred to as "I."
What is First-person Point Of View?
When one word has more than one definition.
Example: Lead is a noun; it is a type of metal. The verb lead means to guide or direct.
What is Multiple Meaning?
A method of relating how two or more elements or texts are SIMILAR.
Example: When you ___________the novels, you notice that the setting in both is Colorado.
What is Compare?
An individual's mental or moral quality.
Example: Giving back that lost wallet with all the money showed her integrity.
What is Character?
The way a paragraph is constructed is called ___ ___. (2 words)
What is Sentence Order?
A type of real-world writing that presents material that is necessary or valuable to the reader.
Example: news articles, instructional guides, and business memos.
What is Informational Text?