Figurative Language and Poetry
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Comprehension
Persuade
100
Repetition of consonant sound at the beginning of a word.
What is alliteration?
100
A force working against the main character/
What is an antagonist?
100
To make known or express.
What is convey?
100
The author's main idea.
What is the author's message or theme?
100
Express a position on a problem and support it with reasons or evidence.
What is an argument?
200
Words or phrases that help appeal to the reader's five senses.
What is imagery?
200
The point of greatest interest in a story.
What is climax or turning point?
200
To point out or bring to attention.
What is identify?
200
The reason why something is written.
What is author's purpose?
200
A position on an issue or problem.
What is a claim?
300
Comparing two unlike things that are not alike. "You're a firework."
What is a metaphor?
300
The point in the plot when the story begins to draw to a close.
What is falling action?
300
To make clear by describing so the reader can picture it.
What is to illustrate?
300
To make a logical guess based on your knowledge and clues from the text.
What is an inference?
300
Pieces of information that supports your point.
What is evidence?
400
A group of lines that form a unit in a poem?
What is a stanza?
400
Part of the plot that builds toward the conflict or the climax.
What is rising action?
400
To make part of the whole.
What is to include?
400
Using clues from the story to make a reasonable guess.
What is drawing conclusions?
400
Can be proven or verified as a true.
What is fact?
500
The final outcome in a story?
What is a resolution?
500
The message about life and human nature the author is sharing with the reader.
What is theme?
500
To point out or show.
What is to indicate?
500
To retell the main parts or ideas of the text.
What is summary?
500
A statement that's been made so often that we accept as being true.
What is a commonplace assertion?
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