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passages that are stories, dramas, or poems.
Her ears were as big as frying pans.
Simile
refers to the way an author develops a character over the course of a text.
Characterization
He's got arms like Hercules.
Allusion
What's black and white and read all over?
Newspaper
to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the text
Inference
She's a brick house.
Metaphor
The specific order of a series of events that form a story
Plot
Hmm, this narrator sounds depressed and enraged.
Tone
The guy who makes it doesn't need it. The people who order it don't want it. The person who needs it doesn't know it.
a universal truth about life or human nature
Theme
I studied for that test for 50 years!
Hyperbole
the solution to the problem or the end of the main dramatic conflict
Resolution
Forms like Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Sequence of Events, Problem and Solution, etc.
Structure
What walks on four limbs when it's a baby, two limbs as an adult, and three limbs in old age?
A Person
the most important point or idea that the author is making in a non-fiction passage.
Central Idea/Main Idea
I've been on cloud nine all day!
Idiom
when particular lines of dialogue or specific incidents in a story cause something to happen
Propel the Action
"I don't know guys...I've got a bad feeling about this..."
Foreshadowing
Sarah and Meghan entered an abandoned room. In the middle, there is a table with a large bowl of iced punch. Sarah walks over and takes a drink, then she leaves the room, locking Meghan inside. Sarah did nothing wrong except locking the door. A few hours later, Meghan is extremely thirsty, so she also takes a drink of the punch. 10 minutes later, she dies by poison. How?
The poison was in the ice, which melted.
something that occurs in a story
Incident
Loose lips sink ships.
Alliteration
When a writer describes an object as if it were a person
Personification
We know that the guy and the girl actually like each other, in the story, but they each think the other hates them.
Dramatic Irony
EPIC SHOWDOWN!!!!! THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 1,500 POINTS TO THE FIRST GROUP TO GET IT RIGHT! ALL GROUPS PLAY!
Question: What has four letters, sometimes has nine letters, but never has five letters
The above can be made correct by erasing one single word. Which word do we remove?
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