A conclusion reached by using information you already have to make a guess or judgment about something you don't know directly.
What is inference?
A string of words in a poem, not necessarily a full sentence or phrase.
What is a Line?
A way of comparing two different things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The beginning of a story where the setting, characters, and initial conflict are introduced.
What is exposition?
A story or account of events, experiences, or something that has happened.
What is a narrative?
To tell the most important parts of something in a shorter way, using your own words.
What is Summarize?
The repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line. Shares all sounds following the word's last stressed syllable.
What is a Rhyme?
A way of describing something using a comparison, but without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
The end of the story, where the conflict is resolved and the story comes to a conclusion.
What is the resolution?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
To carefully look at it, breaking it down into smaller parts to understand how it works or what it is made of.
What is analyze?
The rhythmic pattern created by the stressed and unstressed syllables in a line.
What is Meter?
When you give human qualities or actions to something that isn't human, like an object or animal.
What is personification?
The events that lead up to the climax, building tension and conflict.
What is rising action?
Someone featured in a story and used as a medium to communicate/interact with the reader.
What is a character?
To carefully look at it and decide how good or bad it is, or what its worth is.
What is evaluate?
The beat and pace of a poem. It is created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line or verse.
What is Rhythm?
When a word sounds like the noise it makes.
What is onomatopoeia?
The turning point of the story, where the conflict reaches its peak.
What is the climax?
The context in which the story takes place. The time, the place, and the social environment
What is the setting?
To put different things together to create something new or to make a whole.
What is synthesize?
A group of lines that are set apart from other lines, usually by a space, and they often share a similar rhythm or rhyme.
What is a Stanza?
A way of speaking where you exaggerate something to make it sound bigger, better, or worse than it actually is.
What is Hyperbole?
The events that follow the climax, leading towards the resolution.
What is Falling Action?
The main message or the big idea of a story, something the author wants us to learn or think about. It's like the "lesson" the story is trying to teach us, or the broad topic the story is about.
What is the theme?