a set of letters attached to the beginning or end of a root word that changes the word's meaning
What is affix?
100
words that express more than their literal meaning
What is figurative language?
100
a photograph or drawing related to a text
What is an illustration?
100
the main point a writer wants to communicate with a text
What is main idea?
100
the bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem
What is rising action?
200
words that have opposite or nearly opposite meanings
What is antonyms?
200
a persuasive technique that does not rely on sound reasoning
What is a fallacy?
200
to use details in the passage and what you already know about the topic to make an educated guess about an unstated idea
What is to infer?
200
to think about the clues in the text along with your own prior knowledge in order to make an educated guess about an unstated idea
What is to make inferences?
200
an example, reason, fact or description that backs up the main idea of a text
What is supporting detail?
300
a struggle or problem that a character in a story must resolve
What is conflict?
300
the fallacy of an idea or a principle that is untrue
What is false assumption?
300
the effective narrative techniques used in literature to produce a specific effect
What are literary devices?
300
someone who tells the story in a work of fiction
What is a narrator?
300
a point of view in which the narrator is not a character in the story but can see into the mind of one of the characters, often the main character
What is third-person limited?
400
what a character is saying
What is dialogue?
400
a point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story who reveals personal thoughts and feelings, and cannot reveal the thoughts and feelings of other characters
What is first person?
400
in persuasive text, a word or phrase that reveals the author's feelings and rouses the reader's emotions
What is a loaded term?
400
to summarize part of or all of a text you read in your own words
What is to paraphrase?
400
a point of view in which the narrator cannot see into the minds of any of the characters and tells only what can be directly observed, without passing judgment on what is happening.
What is third-person objective?
500
the beginning of a story; introduces the setting, characters, and problem
What is exposition?
500
an alphabetical list of important words or technical terms and their definitions, often found at the back of a nonfiction publication
What is a glossary?
500
a poem, often short, in which the poet conveys an emotion or paints a word picture of his or her experience in a particular situation.
What is lyric poem?
500
step-by-step instructions for completing a task or project
What is procedural text?
500
a point of view in which the narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can see into the minds of all the characters in the story