Vocabulary
A figure of speech where non-human things are given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
This genre may have characters, settings, problems, solutions, and dialogue.
What is fiction?
How would you combine these sentences?
A tiger has stripes that help it blend in with its habitat.
It blends with its habitat because it resembles the shaded trees and tall grass.
You combine the two sentences using the word "because."
A tiger has stripes that help it blend in with its habitat because it resembles the shaded trees and tall grass.
A series of events that form the story in a novel or movie.
What is plot?
What are the paragraphs of lines in a poem called?
What is stanza?
Words with the same or similar meanings
What is synonyms?
This genre might contain photographs, diagrams, timelines, and facts.
What is nonfiction?
What needs to be changed in this sentence?
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of america.
What is America? America should be capitalized.
A position or perspective (way of seeing things)
What is point of view?
What is a comparison using like or as?
What is a simile?
A word that has an opposite meaning to another word
What is an antonym?
A piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on stage.
What is drama?
The girl ran away from the disgusting monster. She watched aghast as it slowly followed its prey and attacked.
Using context clues, what does aghast mean?
What is scared or horrified
A person or animal from a story.
What is a character?
The type of poem that tells a story?
What is a narrative poem?
A central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.
What is theme?
A short story that usually is about animals and is intended to teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
The boy were walking along carnation street when he seen the cars crash?
What 5 corrections need to be made?
#1 "were" to was
#2 Capitalize "Carnation Street"
#3 "seen" to saw
#4 "cars" to car
#5 Change the "?" to a "."
The boy WAS walking along Carnation Street when he SAW the car crash.
To convince a reader of a certain point of view.
What is persuade?
Contains lines, stanzas and might rhyme.
What is poetry>
Words that help the reader create mental images or while reading and engage one of the five senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch.
What is imagery?
Contains lines, stanzas and might rhyme.
What is poetry?
The first step in writing an ECR is what?
What is restate the prompt?
To hold the attention of the reader through enjoyment.
What is entertain?
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
Mrs. Page was a couch potato all weekend.
What is metaphor?