Literary Texts
The location and time in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
A word that means almost the same thing.
What is a synonym?
"The tiny white flowers dotted the morning mountainside like patches of snow" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
A piece of writing that tells a story. It has characters, settings, and a plot.
What is a narrative?
This is when a character is talking.
What is dialogue?
A word that means the opposite.
What is an antonym?
This type of writing convinces the reader to do something or to agree with something.
What is persuasive writing?
This is the list of people in a play.
What is the cast of characters?
This reference lists synonyms for words.
What is a thesaurus?
This type of writing provides facts and explains something.
What is informational or nonfiction writing?
This is the part of the story when the suspense peaks and the problem is solved.
What is the turning point? (climax/falling action)
When this is added to the beginning of a root word, it makes a new word and chenges the meaning of the word. Ex: Friendly —> unfriendly
What is a prefix?
"Storm clouds threatened to flood the wheat fields in the Midwestern region" is an example of this.
What is personification?
The person telling the story
What is the narrator?
This is the deeper meaning or the insight the story teaches about life.
What is theme?
The paragraph that usually reemphasizes and summarizes the main idea in an informational passage.
What is the last paragraph or conclusion
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and different meanings. Ex: sun and son
What are homophones?
"Rain drummed a steady tempo on the roof" is an example of this.
What is imagery and personification?
“Because she broke her arm”
What is wrong with this sentence?
It starts with Because, it’s not a complete sentence, and it does not have a period.