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Words or instructions in a play that are written in italics and enclosed by parenthesis
What are stage directions
100
The message or lesson of a story
What is theme
100
Example - The tree danced in the breeze
What is personification
100

Literature that describes imaginary events and people

What is fiction

100

Mrs. Blacksten's favorite color

What is the color pink

200
In a play, the conversation between characters; it advances the plot and reveals conflict.
What is dialogue
200
The use of clues by an author that suggest events that have yet to occur
What is foreshadowing
200
Example - The earth is a green blanket
What is a metaphor
200
Includes stage directions and dialogue
What is drama
200

A type of writing that requires an answer to the question, text evidence, and an explanation of evidence

What is SCR

300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words
What is rhyme
300
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
300
Example - Elizabeth is as fast as a cheetah.
What is a simile
300

Writing based on facts, real events, and real people.

What is nonfiction

300
Describing a text's main idea, important details, and overall meaning in just a few sentences.
What is summarizing
400
The use of a word or phrase more than one time--used to emphasize.
What is repetition
400
A struggle between two opposing forces
What is conflict
400
Sound words- "pow" "buzz" "swish"
What is onomatopoeia
400

Writing to express one's opinion or viewpoint.

What is argumentative

400

Used in argumentative writing to express the main point of that text

What is a claim

500
The main unit of a poem; varies in length.
What is a line
500
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood
500
Language that appeals to the 5 senses
What is imagery
500

Literature to express someone's feelings

What is poetry

500

The parts of a plot

What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution