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When something makes something else (effect) happen. (Example The boy was not watching where he was going which ________ him to trip down the stairs.)
Cause
Drawing that explains or shows the parts of something. (I really enjoyed looking at the_________ of the parts of a bike.)
Diagram
When you repeat or use what someone has said or written. (Example: I will ________ what you said earlier)
Quote
The main topic that something is talking about. (Example: The newspaper was mainly about not giving homework to students. The ________ I have to do my report on is the Amazon Rain Forest)
Subject
Going back to an earlier time in someone's life. (Example: The boy had a _____________ about the first time he had met the monster in his closet.)
Flashback
The arrangement of things put in order when they happened. (The timeline is arranged in _______________ order because it goes from the earliest date, to the latest time.)
Chronological
The introduction of a fictional story, where you learn about the characters and the setting.
Example: The year was 1932, a young boy waits silently by a fire. His clothes torn and sweat falling from his forehead.)
Exposition
A document which was written or created during the time under study. (When we studied the Revolutionary War, we used the constitution as a ______________ to understand what was happening.)
Primary Source
A change or a set of changes that corrects or improves something. (Example: I had many mistakes on my paper so I had make another __________ in order to fix them.
Revision
Events that happen after the climax, when the story begins to get The victory was amazing, but the effects of the win would soon be discovered when he saw his fish belly up in the aquarium.)
Falling Action
funny way to use the different definitions and meanings of words to create a cheesy joke. (Example: She's a skillful pilot whose career has really taken off, or When the clock is hungry, it goes back for seconds.)
Pun
A statement about what will happen or might happen in the future. (Example: I saw the dark clouds heading my way, so I ran in and got an umbrella because I thought it may rain soon.)
Prediction
When you try to get someone to do or believe something. (Example:I talked my sister into doing my school work. I can be very ______________ (The man kept trying to be ___________ by using words at made him sound like the best candidate.)
Persuasive
The major news stories reported in newspapers, magazines, or television news programs. (The _________ of the newspaper read “UFO Lands In Suffolk!”)
Headline
To understand how the character acts and feels. (The two artists drew two different pictures that _____________ how they feel about the king.)
Characterize
Materials like charts, organizers, and graphs at the end of books that people can use as for extra help or information. (Example: I saw a graphic organizer in the _________ located in the back of the book.)
Appendix
When a person gives hints to what will happen later in the story. You can predict what will happen because of events that have happened. (The fact that Jim did not study for the test will ______________ a bad day of school tomorrow.)
Foreshadowing
The language that causes people to see pictures in their mind. Uses words that make you hear, taste,the smell, see, and touch what is going on in the writing. (Example: Where the ocean kissed the southern shore.
Imagery
A situation that is strange or funny because things happens in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected. (A man who is a traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid parking tickets. It was ________ that the sign read “Phone out of service? Give us a call.”)
Irony
A comparison of different objects that have some kind of similarity without using "like" or "as".
Example: The bird was a bullet hooting towards the worm. Bird and bullet are both fast. Time is an endless rollercoaster ride; it stops for no one. Time never stops, and endless roller coasters never stop.)
Metaphor
When you don't specifically say what you are thinking, but instead try to get people to guess what you are thinking using obvious hints and clues. Referencing something that most everyone knows about (Example: "Your nose is growing" would hint that someone thinks you are lying.
Allusion
One or more words printed on the top of the page of a reference book, like a dictionary to help the reader to locate the word he or she is looking for. (I used the _______________ “about” and “actually” at the top of the dictionary page to help me locate the word “acrostic”)
Guide Letters
An extreme exaggeration, authors use these to get readers to notice a part of text. (“I have a mountain of homework!”)
Hyperbole
A phrase that has a literal and figurative meaning. If you do exactly what it says you may look very silly. (You blew your lid when you found out about your grade.)
Idiom
Words written as sound effects to help the reader hear the sounds that are happening in the story. (The writer used ____________ like Boom! Pop! Zing!)
Onomoatopoeia