figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
alliteration, onomatopoeia, or personification
What is personification?
where and when an event takes place in a short story
climax or setting
What is setting
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
main idea or theme
What is the main idea?
a struggle between a person or an outside force
internal conflict or external conflict
What is external conflict
a direct comparison of two different things
simile or metaphor
What is metaphor
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax
The reason why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose?
a sign or warning of whats going to happen next
flashback or foreshadowing
What is foreshadowing
extreme exaggeration
hyperbole, onomatopoeia, or personification
What is hyperbole
the main events of a short story
climax, plot, or resolution
What is plot
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
foreshadowing or context clues
What is context clues?
an author/ playwright/ poet uses this to create visually descriptions or figurative language
imagery, metaphor, foreshadowing
What is imagery
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
alliteration, onomatopoeia, or personification
What is onomatopoeia
the lesson or moral of a story
tone, plot, or theme
What is theme
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
mood or message
What is mood?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
foreshadow, inference, summary
What is inference?
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
alliteration, onomatopoeia, or personification
What is alliteration
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
climax or tone
What is tone?
What is Ms. Ornelas' daughters name?
Amorie