Figurative Language
An expression that means what it means, even if it doesn't make sense.
What is an Idiom?
Tells what a story is mainly about.
What is Main Idea?
Stories passed down from generation to generation.
What is a Folklore? (Folk Tales)
The story of a real person's life writeen by that perion.
What is Autobiography?
How the reader feels during or after reading a story.
What is Mood?
The tulips and the grass danced in the cool night breeze.
What is Personification?
Taking notes while you read is called...
What is Annotation?
Coordinating conjuctions that are used to combine two independent clauses.
What are FANBOYS?
A made-up story that takes place in a particular time in the past; the setting may be real, or the characters may be based on real people.
What is Historical Fiction?
There, Their, They're; too, two, to
What are commonly confusing words?
... a little round belly, that shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly...
What is a Similie?
A word used to describe a noun.
What is an Adjective?
The morale of a story.
What is Theme?
Texts that provide tacts about a variety of topics.
What is Informational text?
The point in a story where you want to know what is happening. (It's a "page turner")
What is Rising Action?
The repetition of the same sound in a sentence or series of sentences.
What is Alliteration?
These include the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions, and labeled diagrams.
What are text features?
A fancy nme for sorting books that share a certain style, form, or content.
What is Genre?
A suspenseful story about a puzzling events, such as a crime, and is solved at the end of the story.
What is a Mystery?
Conflict in a story between two characters.
What is Person vs. Person?
Intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning or expected use of the words involved.
What is Figurative Language?
There are many reasons to buy a house. One of the most important reason is that you will be investing in something that belongs to you. Many people rent apartments but work hard so that one day they can own a home.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
What are reasons to buy a home?
The main character in a story. (The story is centered around this person?
What is a Protagonist?
A story using made-up characters and events, but it could really happen.
What is Realistic Fiction?
What are Flat Characters?