Vocabulary
To compare to unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Words named after sounds. Some examples include "boom," "ouch," and "pow."
What is onomatopoeia?
The most important and central idea of a text.
What is the main idea?
To compare two unlike things without using neither "like" nor "as."
Metaphor
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are next to each other.
What is alliteration?
A recap of a story that includes the main idea and key details but leaves out unimportant details.
What is a summary?
A concept or idea in a story that any reader can relate to or understand.
What is theme?
An exaggeration made to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
In writing, the use of pronouns “I,” “me,” “we,” and “us,” in order to tell a story from the narrator's perspective.
What is first person point of view?
A conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue?
Two opposite and contradictory terms placed together.
What is an oxymoron?
The writer addresses the reader using the pronoun "you."
What second person point of view?
To make an educated guess based on textual information.
What is to infer?
Visually descriptive or figurative language in a literary work.
the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.
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