Key Ideas & Details
This is the central message or lesson that the author wants the reader to learn, often called the "moral" of the story.
What is Theme?
If a story is told by a narrator who is a character in the story and uses the pronoun "I," it is told in this point of view.
What is First Person?
"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of this type of comparison that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a Metaphor?
These are used to show exactly what a person is saying out loud.
What are Quotation Marks?
This is the group of letters added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning.
What is a Prefix?
When you use clues from the text plus what you already know to "read between the lines," you are making one of these.
What is an Inference?
This text structure is used when an author explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different.
What is Compare and Contrast?
This type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things, such as "the wind whistled through the trees."
What is Personification?
This part of speech is used to describe a verb, an adjective, or another one of itself (often ending in -ly).
What is an Adverb?
If the Greek root "tele" means "far" and "scope" means "see," this tool is used for seeing things far away.
What is a Telescope?
A short retelling of the main events of a story that does not include your personal opinion.
What is an Objective Summary?
These are the words or sentences surrounding an unknown word that help you figure out its meaning.
What are Context Clues?
This is a huge exaggeration used for emphasis, such as "I've told you a million times!"
What is Hyperbole?
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS) is called this.
What is a Compound Sentence?
This is the word for a person, place, or thing that represents something else, like a dove representing peace.
What is a Symbol?
This term describes the relationship between an event that happens and the result that follows.
What is Cause and Effect?
A narrator who is outside the story but knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters is called this.
What is Third Person Omniscient?
"The delicious dinner disappeared" is an example of this, where the same beginning consonant sound is repeated.
What is Alliteration?
This is the error that occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined together without any punctuation or conjunctions.
What is a Run-on Sentence?
These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, like "their," "there," and "they're."
What are Homophones?
This literary device occurs when the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not, often creating tension or humor.
What is Dramatic Irony?
This is the specific emotional association or "vibe" a word carries, which can be positive, negative, or neutral, regardless of its literal dictionary definition.
What is Connotation?
This is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance (e.g., "He’s a real Romeo").
What is an Allusion?
This "mood" of a verb is used to express a command or a request, such as "Shut the door."
What is the Imperative Mood?
This is a sentence that contains one independent clause and at least one dependent (subordinate) clause.
What is a Complex Sentence?