Literary terms
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Writing
Purpose
100
What the reading is about
What is the central idea?
100
Words that mean about the same as each other
What are synonyms?
100
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
A statement that tells what you are writing about.
What is a claim/topic sentence?
100
This is the reason why an author choose to write.
What is author's purpose?
200
The lesson or message that the author intends for the reader to learn
What is theme
200
Letter or letters added to the beginning of the word to change its meaning
What are prefixes?
200
The use of sound words
What is onomatopoeia
200
The number of text based pieces of evidence needed for a quality answer to a short response question.
What is 2-3 pieces of evidence?
200
When an author tries to convince you.
What is persuade?
300
Reason why the author writes
What is the author's purpose/persuade,inform,entertain?
300
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently
What are homophones?
300
Giving human characteristics to non-human things?
What is personification?
300
Words and phrases that make your writing flow together.
What are transition words/phrases?
300
How the author chooses to express his/her ideas.
What is Author's style?
400
The author's attitude and opinions through use of his or her words
What is tone?
400
Words that are opposites or have opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
400
Extreme exaggeration to make a point
What is hyperbole?
400
Anything found on the page, in the question, in the text should be
What is spelled correctly?
400
How an author feels or thinks about a topic.
What is author's point of view or perspective?
500
Made up of all the events of a story including the turning point.
What is the plot?
500
A word's emotional meaning
What is connotation?
500
Appealing to the reader's five senses using vivid descriptions?
What is imagery?
500
These sentences show why your evidence supports your claim.
What are explanations?
500
Statistics, pictures, graphs, cause and effect, compare/contrast are examples of
What is structure of the text?
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