Skills
The reason why an author writes a text.
What is the author's purpose?
Using the same word or sound over again to show something is important or to add to the poem.
What is repetition?
A comparison of 2 things using like or as.
What is a simile?
An author's individual writing style, which can be funny or serious.
What is voice?
This type of text structure is used to explain what happened and why it happened.
What is cause-and-effect?
This is what the text is mostly about
What is a stanza?
A word that sounds like the sound or the action it refers to.
What is onomatopoeia?
The emotions and feelings of a reader while reading the text.
What is mood?
The most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
The lesson or message the author wants to share with others
What is the theme?
Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanzas.
What are rhyming words?
Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.
What is personification?
Using sensory words to make the writing more interesting and in order to help the reader visualize.
What is imagery?
Words that are specific to a domain or area of study.
What are content-area words?
The characters, setting, and plot make up this
What are story or literary elements?
(Or what is story structure?)
A pattern of stressed syllables that create a beat.
What is rhythm?
An exaggeration that makes things sound bigger and better or more than what they are.
What is a hyperbole?
An author’s attitude toward his or her characters, subject, or audience, which can include a wide variety or feelings, from sad or joyful to sarcastic, humorous, sorrowful, or admiring.
What is tone?
An educated guess that is determined by prior knowledge and text evidence.
What is an inference or conclusion?
The same sound or letter used at the beginning of words or lines.
What is alliteration?
A play on words that uses two words that sound alike, or uses different meanings of the same word, to make a funny statement
What is a pun?
What is the author's purpose?
These tell actors what to do when they are performing in a play.
What are stage directions?