Reading Comprehension
This is a brief statement that tells the main points of a story without including every detail or opinion.
Summary
These are words with similar meanings.
synonyms
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and tells what kind or how many.
adjectives
In the elements of plot, this is the turning point where the tension reaches it's highest peak.
Climax
This is a statement that can be proven true with evidence, whereas an opinion is a personal belief or feeling.
Fact
What is the definition of the stem HEMI?
blood
This is the central idea or insight about life that a story reveals.
Theme
This type of definition uses words for their precise dictionary definitions.
Denotative
These are the nouns or pronouns that perform the action or are the main focus in a sentence.
subject
In this stage, the protagonist faces a series of obstacles that build tension and lead toward the climax.
Rising action
This is the specific claim or position a writer takes in an argumentative essay.
Thesis statement
What is the definition of the stem INTER?
This is the timeline order in which events happen in a story.
chronological order (or sequence)
This type of figurative language is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
Hyperbole
These are words like and, but, or, and so that connect words or groups of words.
This specific part of the plot occurs right after the climax, where the tension begins to decrease and the results of the character's actions are shown.
Falling action
This term refers to the author's attitude toward a subject, which is often revealed through their choice of words.
Tone
What is the definition of the stem COM?
Together
This refers to the most important point an author is trying to make about a specific topic in an informational text.
Central idea
This is a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.
Simile
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses that are closely related in thought without using a conjunction.
Semicolon
This is the perspective from which a story is told from a narrator that knows how all the characters feel and what they are thinking.
Omniscient third person
This is the term for an argument that is used to oppose or "argue" a previous claim.
What is the definition of the stem SEMI?
Half
DAILY DOUBLE: This is the term for the clues given in a story that hint at events to come.
Foreshadowing
This refers to the emotional or cultural associations a word carries beyond its literal definition.
Connotation
This type of word is used to describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, and often ends in "-ly."
Adverb
Also known as the denouement, this is the final outcome where the loose ends of the plot are tied up.
Resolution
To properly evaluate an argument according to 7th-grade standards, a student must determine if this --the support for a claim-- is relevant and sufficient.
Evidence
What is the definition of the stem EQUI?
Equal