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Literary Terms
UNRAAVEL
Analogies
Story Elements
Frequently Used EOG Terms
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This is a comparison of two things using like or as. Example: The pavement is hot as fire.
What is a simile?
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The U stands for this.
What is "Underline the Title"
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Hot:Cold :: Tall:______________
What is short?
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The main problem in a selection.
What is the conflict?
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This is what the word significance means.
What is importance?
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This is when an author repeats consonant sounds in a selection. Example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
200
The N stands for this.
What is "Now make a prediction"?
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Sheep:herd::Kitten: _____________
What is litter?
200
The most exciting part or turning point of a selection.
What is the climax?
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This is how the author wants you to feel when you read a selection?
What is the mood?
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This is a comparison of two things not using like or as. Example: Joe is a rat.
What is a metaphor?
300
The R stands for this.
What is "Run through an number the paragraphs"?
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leg:body::leaf:____________
What is tree?
300
These are the people in the story.
Who are characters?
300
This is when the author gives you a hint as to what is going to happen next in a selection.
What is foreshadowing?
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These are sound words. For example: Bang! Meow!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The V stands for this.
What is "Venture through and read the selection"?
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tiger:carnivore::human: __________________
What is omnivore?
400
This is the broad message or lesson learned in a selection.
What is the theme?
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This is the lines that make up a "paragraph" in poetry.
What is a stanza?
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This a phrase that is not meant to be taken literally. Example: If I'm going to do well on the test I need to "hit the books!"
What is an idiom?
500
The E stands for this.
What is "Eliminate wrong answer choices"?
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brush:paint::bat:___________
What is hit?
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This is the sequence of events in a story from start to finish.
What is the plot?
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An event or sequence of events that doesn't turn out the expected way. Example: Winning the lottery and dying the next day.
What is irony?