Main Idea & Theme
What the text is mostly about.
What is main idea?
The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.
What is point of view?
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Perplexed
What is -per/-plexed?
A, e, i, o, u and sometimes y are all examples of this word.
What are vowels?
The lesson, moral or universal truth explored by the text.
What is theme?
When the narrator is a character in the story.
What is first person point of view?
Exaggerating someting to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
Bystander
What is a -by/-stand/-er?
The thoughts and feelings associated with words.
What is connotation?
The subject being written about.
What is topic?
The narrator is not part of the story but is recounting or telling the story as an observer.
What is third person point of view?
You're a breath of fresh air.
What is metaphor?
Dehumanize
What is a -de/-hu/-man/-ize?
Slang/ common words that have meaning specific to certain subject areas.
What is colloquial language?
To tell what happened in a story using your own words.
What is summarize?
An uncommon point of view in which the author uses the pronouns you and your.
What is second person point of view?
The way an author writes or speaks to influence the mood.
What is tone?
Impeccable
What is -im/pec/-ca/-ble?
The beginning sound of a word that changes the meaning.
What is a prefix?
Using the details you read and what you already know to make a conclusion.
What is making an inference?
A tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favor that person or thing.
What is bias?
A type of figurative language in which two things are compared by stating one thing actually is something else.
What is a metaphor?
Ubiquitous
What is -u/-biq/-ui/-tous?
Positive, Negative & Neutral
What are types of connotations?