Literature
Writing
Vocabulary
Literature 2
Vocabulary 2
100
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Writing where the author is giving information or facts.
What is informative writing?
100

Appeals to Emotion 

What is Pathos

100
Stories that are made up and not factual.
What is fiction?
100

Clearly Stated 

What is Explicitly? 

200
Giving nonhuman things, human like characteristics.
What is personification?
200
Writing where the author is trying to persuade the reader and get them to agree.
What is persuasive writing?
200

Uses facts or logic

What is Logos?

200

What the text is mainly about 

What is Central Idea?

200

Structure that describes 2 or more things 

What is a Descriptive?

300
A figure of speech that is understood but doesn't mean what is said literally.
What is an idiom?
300
The part of a writing where the author is closing and restating their points.
What is a conclusion?
300

What persuades or makes one credible

What is Ethos?

300
To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence from text.
What is inference?
300

Structure that tells how 2 things are alike and/or how they are different 

What is compare and contrast?

400
Words that make a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The part of writing where you present your ideas and claim.
What is the introduction?
400

The author's reason for writing a text

What is Author's Purpose?

400
To tell what a story is about using your own words.
What is summarize?
400

Structure that uses order including time

What is Chronological?

500
The repetition of beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration?
500
Stating examples or facts explicitly mentioned in the text.
What is citing evidence?
500

The authors opinion or side to an issue 

What is Point of View?

500
The message or reason a story was written?
What is theme?
500

Each type of text structures used in literature 

Compare and Contrast, Descriptive, Sequence, Chronological, Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect.

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