Reading Comprehension
What do you call the main idea or message of a story?
What is the theme
What do we call a group of lines in a poem?
What is a stanza?
What text structure tells about similarities and differences?
what is compare and contrast
What part of speech describes an action?
what is a verb?
A comparison using "like" or "as" is called what?
What is a simile
What do you call the events that make up a story
What is the plot?
What is the pattern of rhymes at the end of lines in a poem called?
What is rhyme scheme?
What structure explains events in the order they happened?
What is chronological?
What part of speech names a person, place, thing or idea?
What is a noun
The wind whispered through the trees. What type of figurative language is this
What is personification
Who or what works against the main character in a story?
What is the antagonist?
The "voice" speaking in a poem is called what?
What is the speaker?
What structure gives a problem and then offers a solution?
What is problem and solution
What part of speech describes a noun?
What is adjective?
What is it called when one thing is said to be something else, not using "like" or "as"?
what is a metaphor
What do we call hints or clues about what will happen later in a story?
What is foreshadowing?
What is a poem without rhyme or regular rhythm called?
What is a free verse?
What text structure explains why something happens and what happened as a result?
What is cause and effect?
What part of speech connects words or groups of words, like "and" or "but"
what is a conjunction
"Bang," "buzz," and "Sizzle" are examples of what
What is onomatopoeia
What do you call a struggle between two forces in a story?
What is conflict?
What is a metaphor?
What structure describes something by listing its features,characteristics, or examples?
What is description
What part of speech shows emotion and is often followed by an exclamation point?
What is an interjection?
"I have a ton of homework" is an example of what
What is Hyperbole