"Leaves danced in the breeze" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification
100
Name three words that identify sequence as the structure of a passage.
What is first, then, next, finally, later, after, before
100
The moment in a story after the tension builds and the conflict is most intense
What is the climax
100
Conversation between characters in a story is called
What is dialogue
200
An author's reason for writing
What is the author's purpose
200
"Softly swept the sidewalk" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is alliteration
200
Name two of the five nonfiction text structures you may see on the PSSA
What is sequence, question/answer, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution
200
A struggle between character, forces, or emotions (a problem)
What is conflict
200
The type of writing that tells a story (can be real or fictional)
What is narrative writing
300
A story of one person's life written by another person
What is a biography
300
"The classroom is a wild circus" is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is metaphor
300
Which text feature is used to identify where specific information best fits within a passage?
What are headings
300
Point of view in which the character "tells" the story in his or her own words
What is first person
300
The type of writing that involves drawing conclusions about a literary work and supporting them with evidence from the text.
What is text-dependent analysis
400
To tell how two things are alike
What is to compare
400
When two unlike things are being compared using "like" or "as," what type of figurative language is being used?
What is simile
400
Identifying the genre of a nonfiction texts helps us to figure out what?
What is author's purpose
400
Drawing a conclusion based on facts, reasoning, and "reading between the lines."
What is inference
400
The type of writing that shares facts or information
What is informational/expository writing
500
One or more letters attached to a word to create a different meaning of the word
What is an affix
500
Which form of figurative language is identified as an exaggeration or overstatement?
What is hyperbole
500
Name one example of a genre of nonfiction text.
What is informational, biographical, instructional, persuasive, essay
500
The part of the story that comes after the climax and falling action-when the conflict is resolved
What is denoument
500
When you address the question asked in a writing prompt and stay on that topic for the entire essay, this is called having good _______ in your writing.