Figurative Language
A word that imitates the sound of what it describes.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Tells you what each section of text will be about.
A story with magical or impossible things, like talking animals or wizards.
What is fantasy?
Describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The people, animals, or things that are in the story.
What are characters?
A sound device that is used to repeat the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words.
What is alliteration?
Words under the picture that explain what is happening in the picture.
What is captions?
Stories that could happen in real life, with real life characters and situations, but did not actually happen.
What is realistic fiction?
An action word that tells what a noun or pronoun is doing.
What is a verb?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is the setting?
Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or object.
What is personification?
Words that are thicker or darker; often important words the author wants you to pay attention to.
What are bold words?
Stories where someone has to solve a puzzle or find out who did something.
What is mystery?
What is an adjective?
What happens in the story, from the beginning to the end. The series of events that move the story forward.
What is the plot?
Language that describes how something looks, sounds, smells, feels, or tastes.
What is imagery?
A list at the beginning that shows you all the chapters or sections and where to find them.
What is the table of contents?
Stories about the future, space, or advanced technology.
What is science fiction?
Describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and answers the questions how, when, where, and to what extent.
What is an adverb?
The problem or challenge that the characters face in the story.
What is the conflict?
Sally sells seashells at the sea shore is this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
A special dictionary at the end of the text that defines tricky words.
What is the glossary?
Stories set in the past, with real places and events, but often with made-up characters.
What is historical fiction?
Replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
How the problem or conflict is solved at the end of the story.
What is the resolution?