Comparing two words or ideas using the word "like" or "as
What is a Simile?
A description from a personal observation or experience.
What is firsthand account?
Stating in your own words the central idea and important details.
What is Summarize?
How two things are the same or different.
What is compare and contrast?
The things that are said by the characters in a story, movie, or play (usually in " ")
What is dialogue?
Comparing two ideas without using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is Point of View?
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. (a guess)
What is an inference?
The facts or information. Details that support main idea or theme.
What is evidence?
To break apart and study the pieces.
What is analyze?
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
How an author feels about the subject.
What is Author's Perspective?
Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word or information.
What is context clues?
The author's message or lesson of the story.
A drawing that explains or shows the parts of something.
What is a diagram?
A strong, repeated pattern of sound, often found in poetry
What is rhythm?
A description of an event that was not directly experienced by the author or person.
What is Secondhand account?
The struggle that the main character tries to overcome.
What is conflict?
The reason that an action or reaction takes place (happens before the effect)
What is Cause?
The atmosphere or feeling in a story or poem.
What is mood?
An expression that means something different from what is written (it's raining cats and dogs)
What is an idiom?
A person who gives an account or tells the story of events or experiences.
What is a narrator?
The reason the author is writing (persuade, inform, entertain, express, or teach)
What is Author's Purpose?
The result or the consequences of the cause. (happens next)
What is effect?
When the main points follow a time pattern (first, next, last, steps)
What is chronological order?