Vocabulary
What is onomatopoeia?
Using or creating words that imitate a sound (word sounds)
You're my sunshine.
Metaphor
What additional information does a sidebar text feature provide?
Sidebars can define unfamiliar words, highlight key details, or provide more information about the text.
What is the peak (highest point) of the story called?
Climax
Words that end with the same sound is called
Rhyme
What does infer mean?
To guess or figure out
I'm as fast as the speed of light.
Simile
What is the difference between chronology and sequence text structures?
Chronology: refers to the order of events/moments when something happens (date/time/year/timeline)
Sequence: refers to steps in a particular order (process/instructions to do something)
Series of events that lead up to the climax is called
Rising Action
The process of having repeating lines/words is called
Repetition
A repeated sound used at the beginning of words is called
Alliteration
My hair is so long, it can wrap around the world!
Hyperbole
Identify the 6 text structures that help organize information in a text.
Comparison, Problem/Solution, Description, Sequence, Cause/Effect, Chronological
The conclusion of the story, where the main conflict and the outcome is revealed is called
Resolution
What do we call the writer of a poem? (Not a narrator)
A poet
What is author's perspective? Use body movement.
What they think, what they say, how they feel, and what they do.
Fingers are not food.
Idiom
How do text features contribute to the meaning of a text?
They help readers find additional information or provide visual cues.
The events that follow the climax, leading towards the resolution is called
Falling Action
What word is used to help the readers form a picture in their mind? Belongs to the 5 senses.
Imagery
What is a metaphor? Use hand movement.
Comparing two unlike things by saying something is something else
The desk would not move! It started a war with me!
Personification
What is the purpose of using the cause/effect text structure?
To explain why something happened (the reason) and what comes after it (the result)
What are the 5 parts of plot development?
Beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
A group of lines in poetry is called
Stanza