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Figurative Language
Elements of Plot
Text Structures
Author's Purpose / Type of Texts
Vocabulary
100

Compares two things using like or as.

Simile

100

Where we learn setting, meet main characters and find out what the story will be about.

What is the introduction/exposition.

100

Sarah's car was dead on the side of the road. What was she going to do? She had already gotten off to a rough start when her alarm clock had faild to go off that morning. School started in just under an hour. Suddenly, it dawned on her that she had subscribed to OnStar the month before. With the simple press of a button she was able to get help jump-starting her battery and made it to class right on time!

Problem / Solution

100

A text/genre that is not true and is often written to entertain.

Fiction

100

The message or moral of a story.

Theme

200

Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.

Personification

200

The part of a story that reveals or suggests a final outcome.

Resolution

200
Gives characteristics or traits about a person, place or thing.
What are descriptive texts?
200

What is the purpose of the following passage? Butterflies are colorful, flying insects from the Lepidoptera order. Because they are insects, they have three body parts. The three body parts are called the head, thorax, and abdomen. They also have six jointed legs, two antennae and compound eyes. 

What is to inform?

200

Something that represents or stands for something else.

What is an symbol?

300

A word that is the sound it takes to say it.

Onomatopoeia 

300
In what part of a story do we learn the main conflict?
Rising Action
300
Listing events or explaining steps in order.
What is sequence?
300

What would be the author's purpose when writing fiction novels?

What is to entertain?

300

A "paragraph" in a poem.

What is a stanza?

400

I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.

Hyperbole

400
The events and complications begin to resolve the central conflict. The reader knows what has happened, and what may happen next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
Falling Actions
400
Sean and Brad are best friends. They have been going to the same school since kindergarten and have bonded over their love of sports. However, Sean's favorite sport is football while Brad prefers basketball.
What is Compare and Contrast
400

What is the purpose of the following passage? Sandy is the absolute best candidate for student body president! She is honest, friendly and dedicated to making our school a better place. This is YOUR chance to make a positive change! VOTE SANDY IN 2017!

What is to persuade?

400

A conversation between two or more people in a story.

What is dialogue?

500

John was a strong ox as he rolled the boulder up the steep hill.

Metaphor

500

What is the climax(turning point) of a story?

The most intense or extreme part of a story where the action typically takes place and turns events towards their conclusion.

500
The summer had been extra hot with very little rain to relieve the thirsty earth. There were cracks in the ground that looked like someone might fall into. People neglected their lawns because no plant was motivated to be green or grow.
What is Cause / Effect
500

A text that is true and informational.

What are Expository Texts/Nonfiction Texts?

500

The central, unifying element of the story, which ties together all of the other elements of fiction used by the author to tell the story.

What is central idea?