What kinds of texts are informational and nonfiction?
Expository!
100
What is a narrative?
A story!
100
What does "astro" mean?
Stars
100
Logical assumptions based on the text are called what?
Inferences
100
Organizing your essay in order of time is called what?
Chronological order!
200
I read a ten-page news article and then wrote out the main ideas in a short paragraph. What did I do to the article?
Summarized it!
200
Round characters are complex. What do they do throughout the course of the story?
Change!
200
What does cephalo mean?
Head
200
What is it called when the audience knows something the character does not, like when Simba goes to Scar, his father's murderer, for comfort?
Dramatic irony
200
The main character, who is also involved in the central conflict, is called what?
The protagonist
300
After reading an online article about how apples cause cancer, I noticed that there is no author listed. On top of that, the website doesn't seem legit. This makes me question the article's ______________ (how much I can believe it).
Credibility
300
What is first person point of view?
When the author is in the story.
When the author uses "I."
300
What does andro mean?
Man
300
Local or slang phrases like "ain't" or "pop" or "soda" are called what?
Colloquialism
300
"She's on a roller-coaster of emotions" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor
400
First, second, third, and finally are all examples of what?
Transitional words and phrases!
400
What kinds of characters are often based off of stereotypes, like the jock or the nerd?
Stock characters
400
What does nihil mean?
Nothing
400
What is the literal, dictionary definition of a word?
Denotation
400
"The iron gates looked down at them cruelly" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Personification
500
Specific words used in one field or subject (like sports terms or business phrases) are called what?
Technical meanings
500
What is alliteration?
The same beginning letter or sound in words that are connected or close together.
500
What would a cosmologist do?
Study the world/universe
500
In "The Lottery," the boys gathered stones at the beginning of the story, signaling what was to come. What is this called?
Foreshadowing
500
A sleeping passenger in a truck covered with "5 hour energy" advertisements is an examples of what?