Figurative Language
What figurative language compares two things with the use of like or as?
Simile
What are characters?
A person, animal, being, creature, or object in a story.
What is central idea?
What the article is mostly about.
What is "evidence"?
Support from the text.
Maria loves to cook "EXOTIC" foods using spices from India.
What does the word "exotic" mean?
From another country.
What figurative language describes a word that sounds like the action it is describing?
Onomatopoeia
What is the plot of a story?
The sequence of events that take place within a story.
What is a summary?
A retelling of the most important parts of what was read.
What does it mean to "demonstrate"?
The excited boy tried to "OBTAIN" permission to go to his first sleepover.
What does the word "obtain" mean?
To get.
What figurative language gives human-like qualities to an object or animal?
Personification
What is a conflict?
A problem, issues, or argument within the story.
What is text structure?
How the text is organized.
What does it mean to "contribute"?
To give; to help; to provide
The players got into a "DISPUTE" over whether the ball made it into the basket before the buzzer.
What does the word "dispute" mean?
A disagreement or argument.
What figurative language uses an exaggeration?
Hyperbole
What is a protagonist?
The main character of a story.
What is an author's claim?
A statement that the author believes to be true.
What does it mean to "compare and contrast"?
To determine similarities and differences.
She wanted to "EXPEDITE" her internet order, so she paid for overnight delivery.
What does the word "expedite" mean?
To speed up.
What figurative language contains two or more words in a poem beginning with the same letter sound?
Alliteration
What is a narrator?
The person who is telling the story.
What is theme?
The universal message or lesson.
Define "sequential order/chronological order"
the order in which things happen or should happen;.
Lara couldn't "STIFLE" her giggles as her brother tried to trick his friend, so she ruined the joke.
To hold back.