A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
An organizational tool that relates two events: one which makes the other happen
What is cause and effect?
100
Thick and dark text
What is bold?
100
A struggle between characters and or forces.
What is Conflict?
100
Repeated sounds at the beginning of two or more words.
What is alliteration?
200
This is where the sound a word makes when you say it echoes the meaning of the word
What is onomatopoeia?
200
An organizational method that describes things or ideas in terms of how they are alike and how they are different.
What is compare and contrast?
200
Small dots used when listing
What are bullets?
200
Where the story takes place.
What is setting?
200
Use of the same vowel sound in two or more words found near each other.
What is assonance?
300
A comparison of two unlike things where one thing becomes the other.
What is a metaphor?
300
The order in which events occur.
What is sequential or chronological order?
300
Tools like diagrams and flow charts that can help to connect fatcs and ideas.
What is a graphic organizer?
300
The life lesson of the story
What is the theme?
300
A phrase that has been overused.
What cliche?
400
A type of figurative language that uses exaggeration for emphasis
What is a hyperbole?
400
An organizational method that uses main ideas and supporting details.
What is proposition and support?
400
A boxed in bit of information that is near or next to the article that gives you more information.
What is sidebar?
400
Where the main conflicts of the story are worked out.
What is the resolution?
400
A list using numbers.
What is enumeration?
500
A comparison of two pairs of seemingly dissimilar things. There are several relationships that can be compared like: purpose, cause and effect, character, etc.
What is an analogy?
500
An organizational method that presents an idea and then explains it.
What is concept/definition?
500
Notes that provide extra information. Found at the bottom of the page
What is a footnote?
500
The author's bias regarding the material
What is the viewpoint?
500
A literary device where the author provides clues that suggest what will happen later in the story.