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Figurative Language
Elements of Plot
Text Structures
Genre
Grab Bag - Mix
100

This genre has the most figurative language

poetry

100
Learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.
Introduction
100

Sarah's car was dead on the side of the road. What was she going to do? She had already gotten off to a rough start when her alarm clock had failed to go off that morning. School started in just under an hour. Suddenly, it dawned on her that she had subscribed to OnStar the month before. With the simple press of a button she was able to get help jump-starting her battery and made it to class right on time!

Problem / Solution

100

A text that is not true and focuses on plot

Fiction

100

The lesson that you learn. The moral of a story.

Theme

200
Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.
Personification
200
The part of a story that reveals or suggests an outcome.
Resolution
200
Gives characteristics or traits about a person, place or thing.
Descriptive
200

Has a prologue, dialogue, stage directions, and is all about DIALOGUE

Drama

200

An educated guess based on EVIDENCE

Inference

300
Compares two things using like or as.
Simile
300
In what part of a story do we learn the conflict?
Rising Action
300
Listing events or explaining steps in order.
Sequence
300

This type of text has lots of text features, a main idea, is structured, and has mini ideas that need support.

informational

300

An author's debatable opinion that is backed up by support/evidence.

Claim

400
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
400
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
Falling Action
400

Sean and Brad are best friends. They have been going to the same school since kindergarten and have bonded over their love of sports. However, Sean's favorite sport is football while Brad prefers basketball.

Compare and Contrast

400

Big on inference, you use SWIFT, you must ask yourself if the title is really about the title

poetry

400

To convey something means to

communicate

500
John was an ox as he rolled the boulder up the steep hill.
Metaphor
500

What is the climax of a story?

Where the story changes directions; the protagonist has an AHA about solving the problem.

500

The summer had been extra hot with very little rain to relieve the thirsty earth. There were cracks in the ground that looked like someone might fall into. People neglected their lawns because no plant was motivated to be green or grow.

Cause / Effect

500
You read this text just like fiction except that it is true.  It can be a memoir or a narrative.

Literary nonfiction 

500

When looking at point of view questions, always think about two things

thoughts and feelings