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What is a synonym for slow?
What is a metaphor?
direct comparison of two different things.
How long is a decade?
10 years.
What is a setting?
where and when an event takes place in a short story.
How many weeks are in a year?
52 weeks.
poetry.
What is an example of a verb?
Skip, Run, and or Jump.
The order in which events happen in time?
chronological order.
The reason why an author writes?
Author's purpose.
What is alliteration?
repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words.
What is a hyperbole?
extreme exaggeration.
Fiction that deals with science and technology, and adventuring into the unknown?
science fiction.
What is tone?
the vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
A mountain with hot lava inside is called what?
Volcano.
What is point of view?
perspective from which a story is told.
What is context clues?
What is a plot?
the main events of a short story.
The lesson or moral of a story?
what is theme.
What is a synonym for the word COMPLY?
obey, abide by, etc.
What is onomatopoeia?
words that imitate the sound they represent.
The feeling the author wants the reader to get?
Mood.
A sign or warning of what is going to happen next?
What is foreshadowing.
What is an example of an adjective?
silly, fun, angry etc.
What is a analogy?
a comparison between two things: _________ is to _____________ as ____________________ is
to_____________________
What is the main idea?
It is what the paragraph or passage is about.