a way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a particular group of people
What is dialect
100
to arrive at an opinion or judgment; to determine by reasoning; to infer
What is Conclude
100
dialogue
What is conversation between characters in a story or play
100
struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces
What is Conflict
100
Alliteration
What is the repetition of the same consonant sounds usually at the beginnings of words that are close together in a poem
200
exaggeration
What is hyperbole
200
Inference
What is an educated guess based on the author’s clues in the text
200
A piece of information that has actual existence and objective reality.
What is Fact?
200
I determine the reading and comprehension level of an individual.
What is a Lexile score?
200
statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals the truth
What is Paradox
300
foreshadowing
What is the author’s hint of what’s to come.
300
Characterization
What is the process of revealing the personality of a character in a story (Through diction, readers infer character traits by the character’s looks, thoughts, actions, and words.)
300
an overused saying
What is cliche'
300
Illusion
What is something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality; the state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension
300
an original model or type after which other similar things are patterned; a type of character or theme that is used over and over again in literature (evil character, hero, good versus bad, evil step-mother)
What is archetype?
400
usually undertakes quests to achieve something of tremendous value to himself or his people.
What is an Epic Hero?
400
Onomatopoeia
What is use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests
its meaning. Must also give examples.
400
Cause and Effect
What is a text structure that shows how or why one thing leads to another. You must also give me an example.
400
long story in elevated language (usually poetry), which
elates the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero who embodies the values of a particular society.
What is Epic
400
(i.e “deafening silence” or “jumbo shrimp”)
What is Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which contradictory terms are combined
500
something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality; the state or condition of being deceived; misapprehension
What is Illusion
500
Allusion
What is making a reference to something (A person may allude to another topic.)
500
flashback
What is an interruption of the present action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.
500
Euphemism
What is the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt; a substituted expression to sound less harsh