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Story Elements
Poetry
Words,words,words
Literary Terms
Say what?
100
the time, place and circumstances in which a story occurs
What is the setting?
100
a poetic device involving the repetition of sounds at the ends of words in a line of poetry
What is rhyme?
100
hints within a sentence or paragraph that can help you understand the meaning of unknown words.
What is context clues?
100
an expression of feeling, belief that cannot be proven true or untrue
What is opinion?
100
data, deatils, statistics, dates or accounts that can be proved true
What is a fact?
200
the series of events that make up a story, including the conflict characters face and the events through which they resolve the conflict
What is plot?
200
a descriptive word or phrase that means something other than its literal definition
What is figurative language?
200
a group of letters added to the beginning of a word that creates a new word.
What is a prefix?
200
to read a passage quickly to get an overview of the main ideas in the text
What is to skim?
200
a statement an author makes in a nonfiction text
What is claim?
300
the most important concept an author wants to convey
What is central idea
300
a form of figurative language that compares two things using like or as
What is a simile?
300
words that have the opposite or nearly opposite meaning
What is an antonymn?
300
texts that are written after an event occurs and rely on information found in primary sources
What is a secondary source?
300
to identify details from the information an author provides to support an analysis of a text
What is to cite text evidence?
400
the viewpoint from which a story is told
What is point of view?
400
a form of figurative language that compares two things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
400
a group of letters added to the end of a base word that creates a new word
What is a suffix?
400
the repetition of initial consonant sounds in words
What is alliteration?
400
to figure out what an author implies but does not state directly, using clues from the text and your own knowledge
What is to draw inferences?
500
the central idea that an author wants to convey by telling a story, usually a general idea about life, society or human nature.
What is theme?
500
to form a mental image inside your head
What is visualize?
500
words that have the same or nearly the same meaning
What is a synonymn?
500
firsthand accounts of authors who were present at the time particular events happened
What is a primary source?
500
strong, emotionally charged language used to frighten, anger or flatter the reader of a persuasive text
What is loaded language?