READING
This term means a lesson or the moral of the folktale, tall tales, and fables.
What is a theme?
a word part added to the beginning of a root word that means under
What is the prefix "sub"
a word part added to the end of a root word that means "act of, state of or result of"
What is the suffix "tion"
An extreme exaggeration.
I've been waiting 1,000 years for you to get here!"
What is hyperbole?
The term means what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea/main idea?
A word part added to the beginning of a root word that means "against"
What is the prefix "anti"
This term is a figure of speech comparing two things using the clue words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The acronym "R.A.C.E" stands for
What is: Restate, Answer, Cite, and Explain
A word part added to the beginning of a root word that means "half"
What is the prefix "semi"
An expression that means something other than the literal meaning. Example- Cat got your tongue.
What is an idiom?
What is sequence?
A strategy used to revise and edit.
What is the acronym A.R.M.S
A word part added to the beginning of a root word that means "wrong or badly"
What is the prefix "mis"
Compares two things without using like or as.
"He is a beast on the football field!"
What is a metaphor?
The text structure that explains what happened and why it happened
What is cause and effect?
A strategy used to edit a writing sample
What is C.U.P.S
A word part added to the beginning of a root word that means "across"
What is the prefix "trans"
Giving animals or objects human-like characteristics.
"That car is a gas guzzler!"
What is personification?