Essay Writing
Figurative Language
The Hero's Journey
Close Reading
Elements of Literature
100

The name of a paragraph where you find text evidence and a defense

body paragraph

100

a comparison using like or as

simile

100

The person who helps the hero along in their journey (think Chiron in Percy Jackson)

Mentor

100

Making notes on a text to remember important details

Annotate

100

The person that tells the story

Narrator

200

The first sentence of a body paragraph

topic sentence

200

A comparison not using like or as

metaphor

200

The person who acts as a friend to the hero (think Grover in Percy Jackson)

Ally

200
These types of clues help us determine the meaning of new words

Context clues

200

The perspective a story is told from

Point of view

300

The word used for text evidence with these " " marks around it

quotation

300

extreme exaggeration 

hyperbole

300

The main obstacle of boss fight on the hero's journey

The supreme ordeal

300

A short account or statement on the main points of the text

Summary

300

Conversation between two characters

Dialogue 

400

The argument of the essay, found in the introduction paragraph

claim

400

Giving living qualities to something that's not alive 

personification

400

The place where the hero is before they begin their journey

The ordinary world

400

The reason the author is writing the text

Author's purpose

400

The lesson or moral in a text

Theme

500

The explanation of a piece of evidence or proof that it is important

defense

500

Using many words that start with the same letter

alliteration

500

The stage of the journey where the hero goes to a new place that is unlike anything they have ever seen before 

Entering the unknown 

500

An educated guess--something we can understand based on what we know + what we read

Inference

500

The main character in a story

Protagonist

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