Figurative Language
Words that imitate sounds.
Onomatopoeia
The turning point in the story; Usually the character goes through a change at this point.
Words that mean opposite things.
Antonyms
The order in which things happen.
Another word for the main events in a story.
Plot
A comparison of two things using “like” or “as”
Simile
The struggle or problem faced by the characters in the story.
Conflict
Words that have the same, or almost the same, meaning.
Synonym
A type of text organization that focuses on similarities and differences.
Compare & Contrast
Groups of lines in a poem that are placed together for a purpose such as emphasis, time change, or mood change.
Stanzas
The classroom was a zoo, making reading really difficult.
Metaphor
Called the pronoun person or the perspective from which a story is told.
Point-of-View
The painter carefully taped all the trim and made sure paint never dripped off the brush. This painter was meticulous. Using context, meticulous means...
thorough and perfect; pays attention to detail
A type of text organization in which an author describes something that is wrong and ways to make it better.
Problem & Solution
Statements that are based on a person's beliefs.
Opinions
The wind commanded our attention.
Personification
The author’s message or the lesson learned from reading a story.
Theme
The word unaware has a prefix.
"Un" meaning not
Whereas, as a result, and because are all common signal words in this type of text structure.
Cause & Effect
Something taken word-for-word from the text and put inside quotation marks.
Direct Quote
Bulldog Blast; Dunkin Donuts; Red Robin
Alliteration
When the narrator knows everything all the characters are doing.
Third-Person Omniscient
A word part that many words grow from.
Root
A text organization in which details and features are common. Often this structure includes both precise and sensory language.
Description
What a text piece is mainly about.
Central Idea