Uses I and is usually the main character in the story.
What is 1st person point of view?
100
A minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story.
What is a flat character?
100
What the passage or text is mainly about.
What is the central or main idea?
100
Using your prior knowledge on the subject and information gained in your reading to draw a conclusion.
What is inference?
100
When you use the words "like" or "as" to compare ideas.
What is a simile?
200
Narrator is outside the story and uses he or she.
What is 3rd person point of view?
200
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What is FREE!
200
Details that help to explain or support the central idea.
What are supporting details?
200
A part of the story that is important.
What is significance?
200
Repetition of a single consonant letter in the alphabet or a combination of letters. Example: She sells seashells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
300
Narrator directs the reader as "you".
What is 2nd person point of view?
300
A literary character who remains basically unchanged throughout a story.
What is a static character?
300
To tell in your own words what a passage is about including only the main idea and most important supporting details. Does not include your opinions or judgement.
What is to summarize?
300
Words that may not literally mean what they say. Example: When you are hungry, you may say, "I'm starving!". Are you REALLY starving?
What is figurative language?
300
Sound words that actually sounds like what it is describing. Example: the word buzz.
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
Perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
400
A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude. Ebeneezer Scrooge is this kind of character.
What is a dynamic character?
400
Helps to support the central idea in an important way.
What is a key detail?
400
When you compare ideas without using the words "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
400
Speaking of something that is not human as if it had human abilities and human reactions. Example: The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
What is personification?
500
Someone who tells the story.
What is the narrator?
500
A major character in a work of fiction who encounters conflict and is changed by it.
What is a round character?
500
A little story or small piece of information.
What is an anecdote?
500
Word meanings that suggests something other than their literal meaning. Example: a dove implies peace.
What is connotative meaning?
500
Detailed examination of text to decide what it means: word choice, character development, and plot.