This is a type of figurative language compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
100
These are strategies that a writer uses to convince a reader of something.
What are Devices of Persuasion?
100
This is the most important point that the writer makes in a reading selection. (It can be stated or implied)
What is the Main Idea?
100
This is a type of writing that comes from a writer's imagination; it is not factual but may be based on facts, real experiences, or people the writer has known.
What is fiction?
100
This is a statement that can be proven or tested to be true or false.
What is fact?
200
These are words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses.
What is imagery?
OR What are sensory words?
200
This type of persuasion suggests that one should do or believe something because everyone is doing it.
What is bandwagon?
200
This is the reason, or motive for an action; why something happens.
What is cause ?
200
This is the time, place and conditions under which a story takes place.
What is a setting?
200
This is a conversation between characters in a story, work of nonfiction, novel or play.
What is dialogue?
300
This a type of figurative language which compares two unlike things in which no words of comparison use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
These are words that appeal to a person's emotions rather than to his/her ability to reason.
What are Emotional Words?
300
This is what the author is trying to accomplish through the writing.
What is author's purpose?
300
This is the sequence of events in a work of literature
What is a plot?
300
This is a small-scale representation of an actual piece
What is a map?
400
This is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to an object, animal,or idea.
What is personification?
400
This is an expert or famous person giving a person "testimony" about a product or idea.
What is a testimonial?
400
This is the result, or consequence, of an action.
What is effect?
400
This is the "problem" in a story which triggers the action.
What is conflict?
400
This is what the author wants to convey to the reader through a work of literature, such as excitement, anger, sadness, happiness, or pity.
What is mood?
500
The repetition of an initial consonant sounds in neighboring words. An example might be Sally sells seashells down by the seashore
What is an alliteration?
500
These are ordinary people who are often used to persuade others.
What are plain folks?
500
This is a combination of one's own knowledge and information supplied in the text in which leads to a conclusion or generalization about a subject.
What is inference?
500
This is the final part of a plot; the events in the story that work out the problem or or the conflict.
What is the resolution?
500
This is the result of something; the way something turns out; the effect.