YESSIR
SCHOOL IS COOL
BET!
AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A LITERATURE PARTY
IT'S ALMOST CHRISTMAS AND I HOPE I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ALL THIS BUT IF I HAVE I AM DEFINTATLEY GOING TO STUDY.
100
THIS TYPE EVENT CONTRIDICTS THE READER'S EXPECTATIONS. EXAMPLE: A GIANT DOG NAMED "TINY." 

IRONY 

100

"HE WAS LIKE A SLINKY, WALKING UP THE STAIRS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. 

SIMILE

100
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE OTHER WORDS IN A SENTENCE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT A CERTAIN WORD MEANS, YOU ARE USING THESE TYPES OF CLUES. 

CONTEXT 

100

THE WORD "BAT" CAN MEAN A BASEBALL PLAYER IS UP TO BAT OR A VAMPIRE BAT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ____________.

MULTIPLE MEANING WORD

100

IN MOST FICTIONAL STORIES A CHARACTER LEARNS SOMETHING. THE READER ALSO LEARNS A LESSON OR MORAL FROM THIS. THIS IS CALLED THE STORY'S ____________.

THEME. 

200

THINK ABOUT SPEAKING AND WORDS: THE AUTHOR'S ____________ IS THEIR INDIVIDUAL SOUND OR WAY OF SPEAKING.

VOICE

200

THIS CHARACTER IN "MONSTERS DUE ON MAPLE STREET" SHOT PETE VAN HORN.

CHARLIE

200

THIS IS A TYPE OF METAPHOR THAT MERELY HINTS AT A COMPARISON. IT DOES NOT MAKE THE FULL COMPARISON. 

IMPLIED

200

THIS FEATURE OF A NON-LINEAR TEXT STRUCTURE  DESCRIBES EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE BEFORE THE PRESENT TIME OF THE STORY. 

FLASHBACK

200

IN WALT WHITMAN'S "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!" THE SPEAKER CONTINUES TO REFER TO IMAGES OF SHIPS AND OCEANS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TEXT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN _____________. 

EXTENDED METAPHOR

300

THIS IS A TYPE OF CHARACTERIZATION. THE AUTHORS REVEALS WHAT THE CHARACTERS IS LIKE BY LETTING THE OTHER CHARACTERS DESCRIBE AND TALK ABOUT HIM. 

INDIRECT 

300

JOHNNY JOE JENKINS IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT HIS GRADES AND DOESN'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD TALK TO THE TEACHER ABOUT IT. HE THINKS MAYBE HE SHOULD, BUT HE IS SHY. HE CAN'T DECIDE. THIS IS AN ______________ CONFLICT. 

INTERNAL

300

TWO KIDS GET INTO A FIST FIGHT AT THE PARK. THIS IS AN EXAMPLED OF ____________ CONFLICT. 

EXTERNAL

300

AN AUTHOR IS TRYING TO SELL YOU COOL RANCH DORITOS. THIS AUTHOR'S PURPOSE IS TO ______. 

PERSUADE 

300

THIS IS WHEN A POET USES THE FIVE SENSES (SIGHT, SMELL, ETC.) IN A POEM. 

IMAGERY

400

THE STORM WAS RAGING AND THE WIND HOWLED IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS. 

PERSONIFICATION 

400

IN THE STORY ONE CHARACTER MENTIONS THAT BAD TIMES ARE AHEAD, THIS MAY BE AN EXAMPLE OF ________________. 

FORESHADOWING

400

FORESHADOWING AND FLASHBACKS ARE MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TYPE OF TEXT STRUCTURE. 

NON-LINEAR

400

A CHARACTER HAS A CERTAIN ATTITUDE ABOUT PENGUINS. IN FACT, HE HATES THEM. THIS ATTITUDE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THEIR _____________. 

PERSPECTIVE. 

400

IF IT ISN'T A VOWEL, IT MUST BE A _________.

CONSONANT 

500

THIS LONG WORD IS THE REPETITION OF THE FIRST CONSONANT SOUND IN NEARBY WORDS: SALLY SOMETIMES SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE. 

ALLITERATION 

500

A GROUP OF ONE OR MORE LINES IN A POEM IS CALLED THIS. 

STANZA

500
THIS MUST AGREE WITH THE ANTECEDENT IN PERSON, GENDER, AND NUMBER.

PRONOUN

500

REPEATING VOWEL SOUNDS IN NEARBY WORDS. ALSO FUN TO SAY. 

ASSONANCE

500

THE WORD TO WHICH A PRONOUN REFERS TO. THINK ABOUT THE WORD "AGREEMENT." 

ANTECEDENT 

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