Figurative Language
She is as cold as ice.
Simile
Go back to the drawing board
Start Over
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
Logical conclusion based on the reader's background knowledge and text clues
Inference
Introduces characters, setting, and conflict.
Exposition
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Conversation between two or more people
Dialogue
He is a beast!
metaphor
It's not rocket science
It is not complicated
What the text or passage is mainly about
Central Idea
Events that occur after the climax
Falling Action
The moral or message readers should learn from the story.
Theme
The wind whispered to me.
Personification
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
Let's not talk about that problem right now-We will talk about it later.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The voice that tells the story
Narrator
What is the main problem/problems faced by the protagonist?
Conflict
TRIPLE JEOPARDY
The writer's position on the issue/subject supported by evidence and reasoning
CLAIM
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
She has been on cloud nine since she won the lottery.
Idiom
To get bent out of shape
To get upset; to get angry
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
word groups that do not literally mean what they say
idioms
A series of events that increase tension and move the plot toward the climax
Rising Action
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The way writing is ORGANIZED- format and way information is presented-Chronological, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Descriptive, etc.
Text Structure
Little Lisa likes to lick lemon lollipops.
alliteration
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Spread yourself thin
To try to do too many things at the same time, implying inadequate time or attention to any of them
A personal story to help explain something better
anecdote
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The turning point in the plot-most exciting part-protagonist faces the conflict
Climax
The author's attitude about their subject .
TONE