Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Literary Terms 1
Writing Strategies
Literary Terms 2
100
A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
a letter or letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning
What is a prefix?
100
where and when a story takes place?
What is the setting?
100
using words out of the question, you can write this
What is a topic sentence?
100
What the passage is mostly about
What is the central/main idea?
200
Using sound words to emphasize the sound they make
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
a word that means about the same as another word
What is a synonym?
200
the turning point in a story
What is the climax?
200
the end of a piece of writing
What is a conclusion?
200
Using the main idea and relevant details, you can do this
What is write a summary?
300
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
300
words that are opposite in meaning
What are antonymns?
300
to make a reasonable judgement using background knowledge or  facts and details from the text
What is make an inference?
300
these words help make your writing flow from one idea to the next
What are transition words/ phrases?
300
When the author repeats the beginning consonant sound in a series of words....Lucy likes lemon lollipops.
What is alliteration?
400
A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
400
letter or letters added to the end of the word that changes its meaning
What is a suffix?
400
the feeling that the author creates through his/her specific word choice
What is mood?
400
Summary sentences should never begin with what word or words?
What is an that is why, this is why, that is my, this is my, those are, these are....etc?
400
the lesson to be learned in a piece of writing
What is theme?
500
The use of exaggeration to make a point
What is hyperbole?
500
two words that sound the same but are spelled differently
homophones
500
the reasons why an author writes
What is Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain?
500
Writing a paragraph you have a topic sentence,evidence,________________ and a summary sentence.
What is an explanation or analysis of how your evidence fits the claim?
500
the sequence of events in a story
What is the plot?
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