Reading Terms
This type of organization allows you to see the similarities and differences in two topics.
What is Compare/Contrast?
With a wave of her wand, her nemesis became a frog. We _______ that she used magic to cast a spell.
What is infer?
This technique uses "like" or "as" to compare things.
What is a Simile?
This is the overall idea or purpose of a story.
What is a Theme?
In Lamb to the Slaughter, this is what happened to the murder weapon.
The police ate it.
This character causes problems for the main character.
What is an Antagonist?
An article that explains the benefit of recycling and encourages you to contact your local office is trying to ____________ you to take action.
Persuade
Rad/Bad/Night/Flight AABB tells us the?
What is Rhyme Scheme?
After the big climax of a story and the characters are winding things up (like the Schwarma scenes at the end of "Avengers") is known as?
What is Falling Action?
In Harrison Bergeron, Diana Moon Glampers was not the main character but the enemy, which is called?
What is an Antagonist?
This story tells the events in the order of time they happened.
What is chonological order?
He usually wore camo, jeans and boots. This description would _______ that he prefered country style.
What is imply?
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Picked Peppers
is an example of?
What is Alliteration?
The authur uses a haunted castle, night and scary sounds to set the ______ of the story.
What is tone?
In "Cask of Amontillado" the main character murdered Fortunato by?
Walling him in a cellar
This part of the story all main events come together.
What is a Climax?
Watching the Youtube video, she was able to learn all the steps to make her own tye-dye shirts because the video was a step-by-step ___________ of the process.
What is Demonstration?
A group of lines together in a poem, like a paragraph but is called?
What is a Stanza?
When the author uses drawings, pictures or charts to further their point.
What is illustrate?
In "Maze Runner" Chuck could be counted on to bring Thomas extra _______.
Food or Sandwiches
This is a story written from a first person point of view and is their OWN life story.
What is an Autobiography?
At the beginning of a story where the scenes is set and we meet the main characters.
What is Exposition?
A poem or story that cannot possibly be real (think Dadelus and Icarus) but teaches a lesson is known as
What is an Allegory?
When you take a large story and summaraze the ideas in a few sentences.
What is Paraphrase?
This type of ad pulls on your heart strings, usually in ads like the ASPCA or St. Jude's Hospital.
What is Emotional Appeal?