Understanding Directions
Text Elements
Figurative Language
Other
Grab Bag
100
To tell about; to give details
What is describe?
100
time and place of a story
What is setting?
100
a comparison of two things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
what EVERY graphic organizer MUST have to be complete
What is a title, labels, and numbers?
100
combining several pieces of information to reach an inference
What is draw conclusions?
200
to make a logical guess or conclusion based on text evidence
What is infer?
200
occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story
What is foreshadow?
200
a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing IS another
What is a metaphor?
200
a word that has the opposite meaning as another word
What is an antonym?
200
struggle between a character and some outside force
What is external conflict?
300
details from the text that suppor your answer
What are text-based details?
300
struggle within a character (man vs. self)
What is internal conflict?
300
the repitition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
300
a source that gives accurate and trustworth information
What is a reliable source?
300
text that uses false or misleading information to present a certain point of view
What is propaganda?
400
Using text information to make a guess about future events
What is making a prediction?
400
the action or sequence of events in a story
What is plot?
400
an author's use of exaggeration and overstatement for emphasis
What is hyperbole?
400
a way of arranging information in graphic form (i.e. a venn diagram or character web)
What is a graphic organizer?
400
the message about life or human nature that a story tells
What is theme?
500
telling the main ideas of a piece of writing briefly in your own words, leaving out unimportant details
What is summarize?
500
the perspective that a story is told from (1st, 2nd, or 3rd person)
What is point of view?
500
words and phrases that appeal to the reader's senses - phrases that create vivid images
What is imagery?
500
an opinion that is formed from your experiences and your background
What is bias?
500
this is the first step when answering a constructed response question
What is restate the question?
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