Literary Terms
What do we call the person telling the story?
What is the narrator?
What punctuation mark do you use at the end of a question?
What is a question mark?
What do we call an educated guess based on evidence from the text?
What is an inference?
What is a topic sentence?
What is the main idea of a paragraph?
"The classroom was a zoo." What kind of figurative language is this?
What is a metaphor?
What is the struggle between opposing forces in a story?
What is conflict?
Identify the part of speech: “quickly” in “She ran quickly.”
What is an adverb?
What is the difference between a main idea and a supporting detail?
Main idea is the big point; supporting details explain or back it up.
What should every paragraph include to support the topic sentence?
What are supporting details?
"Bang! The book hit the floor." What is this an example of?
What is onomatopoeia?
What term means giving human qualities to something nonhuman?
What is personification?
What is the correct form of "their," "there," or "they're" in: "_____ going to the store"?
What is “They’re”?
What should you do first when reading a nonfiction article for comprehension?
What is preview the text or read the title and headings?
What part of an essay sums up the main ideas and ends the piece?
What is the conclusion?
"She was as fast as a cheetah." What figure of speech is this?
What is a simile?
What is the message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn?
What is the theme?
What is the subject in this sentence: "The dog barked all night"?
What is “The dog”?
What text structure is used when a problem is presented and then solved?
What is problem and solution?
What does it mean to revise your writing?
What is to improve ideas, structure, and word choice?
What is exaggeration for effect called?
What is hyperbole?
What is a reference to a well-known person, place, or event in literature or history?
What is an allusion?
What type of sentence is this: “If it rains, we’ll stay inside.”
What is a complex sentence?
What does it mean when a character is described as “dynamic”?
What is a character who changes over time?
What is the difference between revising and editing?
Revising changes ideas; editing fixes grammar and spelling.
"The wind whispered through the trees." What type of figurative language is this?
What is personification?