The way you interpret the meaning of a word (Can you relate it to something?)
What is connotation?
100
Giving nonhuman the characteristics of a human.
What is personification?
100
Expressions or sentences that provide more information about the topic (the who, what, when, where, how, and why) if a _______________ directly supports the controlling idea, then it is important.
What is a detail?
100
character’s long speech to self or to others
What is a monologue?
100
A point of view from an observer that knows all of the details of a story
What is omniscient?
200
Nearby words or sentences that provide hints about a word's meaning to determine the meaning of a word or phrase
What are context clues?
200
Implied comparison that does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
Informational Text that informs or explains like a textbook.
What is expository?
200
A character’s long speech to express inner emotions and thoughts (alone on stage)
What is a soliloquy?
200
The the introduction or beginning of a text
What is exposition?
300
How likely it is to be true, taking into account the source's bias and reliability.
What is credibility?
300
Direct comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
300
List as many organization patterns/forms of expository text as you can.
What are: chronological, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, sequence, and description.
300
A reader knows something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
300
The closing to a text (conclusion).
What is a resolution?
400
When you ___________________ and ____________ two or more things, you tell the similarites and differences in them.
What is compare and contrast?
400
A contrast between what is real and what is expected. Ex: a firestation buring down.
What is irony?
400
A restatement in your own words of the text's main idea and important details; includes only the author's ideas and opinions.
What is a summary?
400
A text’s underlying message or idea (statement about life)
What is theme?
400
The point of view from an observer who only knows some of the details (might be biased)
What is limited?
500
The main idea of the text
What is controlling idea?
500
exaggeration, overstatement, states more than reality.
What is a hyperbole?
500
The assessment of a text that features YOUR ideas and opinions, your evaluation of the text.
What is a critique?
500
Verbal irony often in form of insults, taunts, or scorns
What is sarcasm?
500
A statement in the introduction that tells the reader exactly what will be discussed