Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things that uses the terms "like or as."
What is a simile?
the time, place and location of a fictional/literary text
What is setting?
Pictures, captions, maps, graphs, timeline, illustrations
What is a text feature?
A text structure that goes in time order.
What is chronological order/chronology?
States a problem and suggests one or more solutions.
What is Problem and Solution?
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use the words "like or as."
What is a metaphor?
How a narrator tells the story.
What is point of view?
The author's argument/statement/opinion that they believe to be true.
What is a claim?
An educated guess.
What is an inference?
Compares two or more people, things, ideas, or events to tell how they are similar and different.
What is compare and contrast?
Not to be taken literally. Paints a picture in the reader's mind.
What is figurative language?
The most exciting/dramatic part of a story. Also known as "the turning point."
What is the climax?
The author’s attitude (what they think/feel) toward a topic or subject.
Author's Perspective
Directly supports the author's central idea.
What are supporting details/text evidence/relevant details?
Relates two or more events by examining what happened and why.
What is Cause and Effect?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
Never give up on things that are important to you.
What is a theme/theme example?
Hints before and after a word, used to determine word meaning.
What are context clues?
Topic and point to an informational text.
What is the the central idea?
Organizes details in time order; may include dates, times, or numbered sequences.
Chronological Order/ Sequential Order / Chronology
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
What is an idiom?
The beginning , rising action, climax, ending/resolution of a story.
What is the story structure?
Evidence used in informational text, to support a central idea.
What are relevant details?
The tree whispered, as the neighbors walked by.
What is personification?
Text that gives directions/explains how to do something.
What is sequence?