The "voice" of a story; the narrator's perspective
What is point of view?
100
the highest most intense part of a story.
What is climax?
100
grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
100
a statement that cannot be proven true of false.
What is opinion?
100
Identify the type of figurative language:
"John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is a metaphor?
200
the abbreviation for author's purpose and what each letter stands for
What is PIE, to persuade, inform, or entertain?
200
the overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths
What is theme?
200
Information from the story that will help you determine the meaning of a vocabulary word.
What are context clues?
200
a statement that can be proven true or false when research is done.
What is a fact?
200
Identify the type of figurative language:
After running 5 miles, I was so hungry I could eat an entire cow.
What is a hyperbole?
300
the narrator is an observer, but can also zoom in on the thoughts and emotions of any character
What is third person omniscient?
300
written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
300
words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true to make a story more interesting.
What is figurative language?
300
a conclusion that can be reached based of evidence from the text but is not stated directly in the text.
What is an inference or inferring?
300
Identify the figurative language:
"The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
400
how the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, chronological order etc.)
What is author's organizational pattern?
400
a summary or short text that describes the original text must include what abbreviated information from the story
What is BME (beginning, middle, and end)?
400
the use of clues to suggest what will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
this prefix means against and this prefix means for?
What is anti and pro?
400
Identify the figurative language:
"Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What is a simile?
500
the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning.
Large and Big are examples of?
Happy and Sad or examples of?
What are synonyms? Synonyms are ----- What are antonyms? Antonyms are--------
500
What is the difference between an autobiography and a biography?
What is an autobiography is a true story of a person's life written or told by that person and a biography is a true story of a person's life written or told by someone else?
500
Identify the figurative language:
"Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."