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-TION endings
3+ Syllables
The Basics
Mr. T
100
Author's attitude toward his subject and sounds like phone.
What is tone?
100
Sets the stage for a story.
What is exposiTION
100
Putting yourself in someone else's shoes or place.
What is empathy?
100
A hint or clue as to what will come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
The problem or struggle in a story.
What is conflict?
200
This is the message the author tries to get across to the reader. Also could be main idea of the story and sounds like dream.
What is theme?
200
Establishes traits and personalities.
What is characterizaTION?
200
A direct comparison between two different things?
What is a metaphor?
200
A Comparison between two different things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
200
Another name for the main character?
What is protagonist?
300
The way the reader feels when reading the story; the feeling created in a literary work. Sounds like food.
What is mood?
300
Ties up loose ends.
What is resoluTION
300
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
300
Returning to an earlier time in the story.
What is flashback?
300
The person telling the story.
What is narrator?
400
Showing good judgment or sense, based on fact or evidence. Sounds like ground.
What is sound?
400
Additional meanings of words that are connected to emotions
What is connotaTION?
400
Using a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its literate meaning OR when the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs.
What is a irony?
400
A direct comparison between two different things.
What is a metaphor?
400
The person or force that opposes the main character?
What is antagonist?
500
An argument made to support a point. It is another word for what you are trying to prove. Sounds like shame.
What is claim?
500
The literal meaning of the word. The "dictionary definition"
What is denotaTION?
500
A phrase, saying or expression that has a figurative meaning to a particular culture. For example, "It's raining cats and dogs."
What is an idiom?
500
Words and sentences that surround a word and helps determine its meaning.
What is context?
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