What are the major divisions in a play called?
What is an Act
The qualities shown by a character
What is Character Trait
Helps the reader to picture what is happening
What is Describe
can be proven or verifies as true
What is Fact
To make a logical guess based on your knowledge and clues from the text Prior Knowledge + Clues = ?
What is Inference
The point of greatest interest in the story
What is the Climax
Written conversation between two or more characters
What is Dialogue
the point in the plot which the story begins to draw to a close
What is Falling Action
Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point
What is Hyperbole
A struggle between two forces
What is conflict
A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience
What is a Drama
writing that tells an imaginary story
What is Fiction
Words or phrases that help appeal to the reader’s five senses
What is Imagery
The author’s main idea
What is Author's Message
Words or phrases surrounding a word that provide hints about the word's meaning
What are Context Clues
a conflict that involves a character that struggles against a force outside of himself or herself
What is External Conflict
Refers to a category in which a work of literature is classified
What is Genre
A group of words that’s meaning is different from the ordinary meaning of the word. The context can help you understand. Ex: “Put a lid on it”
What is an Idiom
True account of a person’s life, written by another person
What is a Biography
To make known or express
What is to Convey
to examine something carefully and to judge its value or worth
What is Evaluate
Occurs when the author provides hints that suggest future events in a story
What is Forshadowing
Contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens
What is Irony