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 theme or 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 Resolution?
200
Using the main idea and relevant details, you can do this
What is write an objective summary?
300
Giving human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
300
words that are opposite in meaning
What are antonymns?
300
to form an opinion based on background knowledge or on facts and details from the text
What is to make inferences?
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 specific words that an author chooses to use when he or she writes
What is diction?
400
after supporting your claim with evidence, you should include this
What is an explanation of why your evidence supports your claim? Or What is a comment?
400
the lesson to be learn
What is theme?
500
The use of exaggeration to make a point
What is hyperbole?
500
what or who the sentence is about
subject
500
the reason why an author writes
What is Persuade, Inform, Explain or Entertain?
500
Writing a paragraph you have a topic sentence, key ideas,_________, and a conclusion
What is examples/evidence
500
the sequence of events in a story
What is the plot?
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