Text Structure
Which text structure tells things in order using first, next, then, and finally or numbered steps?
Sequence
What is the repetition of the same beginning sound in words, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?
Alliteration
What figurative language gives human qualities to objects or animals?
Personification
What is a prefix?
A word part added to the beginning of a root word
What does it mean to "describe" something in a story?
To tell about it using details
What text structure explains how things are alike and different?
Comparison or Compare and Contrast
What do you call the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem?
Rhyme Scheme
What is an exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally, like “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse”?
Hyperbole
What is a suffix?
A word part that is added to the end of a root word.
What does the word "explain" ask you to do?
To tell why or how something happens
What text structure describes what happened and why it happened?
Cause and Effect
What is the beat or musical quality in a poem called?
Rhythm
“The classroom was a zoo!” is an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
What does the prefix "re-" mean?
again
If a question says "support your answer," what should you do?
Find text evidence that proves your answer is correct
When a text tells about a topic and its characteristics, what structure is being used?
Description
What is a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose, called?
Stanza
What is it called when you compare two things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What does the suffix "-less" mean in a word like "helpless"?
without
What does "contribute" mean?
add to something in a positive way
What text structure describes events in the order they happened?
Chronology
What is connotation?
The emotional meaning associated with a word
Identify the figurative language: “The leaves danced in the wind.”
Personification
In the word "unhappiness," what is the root word?
happy
What does "develop" mean, like in the question "How did the author develop the theme in the story"?
To build over time.