What is when an object stands for itself and for something else?
200
Author's Purpose
What is the reason an author writes his or her selection?
200
Metaphor
What is a comparison in which one thing is said to be another?
200
Structure
What is the way an author puts his work together?
200
Culture/Cultural Background
What is "the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time"?
200
Setting
What is the time and place a story occurs?
300
Dialogue
What is a conversation between two or more characters?
300
Figurative Language
What is a phrase that cannot be factually true?
300
Inference
What is an educated guess or hypothesis?
300
Implied
What is "involved, indicated, or suggested without being directly or explicitly stated; tacitly understood"?
300
Conflict
What is a struggle between two opposing forces?
400
Objective
What is a fact?
400
Subjective
What is an opinion?
400
Imagery OR Sensory Details OR Sensory Language
What is language that appeals to one of the five senses?
400
Describe(d)
What is "to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of"?
400
Irony
What is the difference between what we think will happen and what actually happens?
500
Comprehension
What is understanding?
500
Point of View
What is perspective?
500
Oxymoron
What is a phrase with opposing words?
500
Effect
What is the outcome of a "cause"?
500
Allusion
What is a reference to the Bible, another literary work, event, or other happening that the author would expect you to know about and understand in order to comprehend?