figurative language
writing
elements of a short story
Vocabulary
random
100

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

100

The final sentence of an introductory paragraph

What is the thesis statement?

100

where and when an event takes place in a short story

What is setting

100

It is what the passage or paragraph is about.

What is the main idea?

100

a struggle between a person or an outside force

What is external conflict

200

a direct comparison of two different things

What is metaphor?

200

Referencing a source of information when including it as textual evidence.

What is a citation?

200

the most intense or exciting high point of a short story

What is climax

200

The reason why an author writes.

What is Author's Purpose?

200

a sign or warning of whats going to happen next

What is foreshadowing

300
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
300

The four components of a concluding paragraph

What are touch back, go to the heart, look forward, and end with a punch?

300

the main events of a short story

What is plot

300

When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.

What is context clues?

300

visually descriptive or figurative language

What is imagery

400
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
400

Explaining the opposing side of an argument

What is the counterclaim?

400

the lesson or moral of a story

What is theme

400

The feeling the author wants the reader to have from the text

What is mood?

400

Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.

What is inference?

500

the repeated use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words

What is alliteration

500

Information that should not appear in a topic sentence

What is evidence?

500

the perspective from which the story's told

What is point of view

500

The author's attitude about a topic

What is tone?

500

The opposite of what you expect to happen occurs

What is irony