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the most important point the author is trying to make
What is the central idea?
a brief story about an interesting, funny, or strange event told to entertain or make a point
What is an anecdote?
the moment of greatest suspense, surprise, or excitement
What is the climax?
things that HAPPEN in a text or story
What are important events?
Snap, Pop, Boom, and Crash are examples of...
What is an onomatopoeia?
The horse’s hooves hobbled along the hillside.
What is alliteration?
Negative, Positive, or Neutral Feelings of words
What is Connotation?
Influenced by details and author's word choice (diction)
What is Tone?
facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions
What are supporting details?
the series of episodes, or events, that make up the story
What is the plot?
the final outcome; the end of the conflict
What is the resolution?
WHEN something takes/took place in a text story
What are dates?
"Her eyes were diamonds" is an example of a...
What is a metaphor?
A picture paints a thousand words
What is an Idiom?
These are NOT included in a summary
What are opinions and judgements?
Value or worthiness
What is Dignity?
briefly restating the central idea and its most important details in your own words
What is a summary?
What is the conflict?
the events in which a conflict is introduced and problems increase; leads to the climax
What is the rising action?
What are names?
"People from all walks of life"
What is an idiom?
I have told you a million times not to do that.
What is a Hyperbole?
Exploring likes and differences of topics, people, or things
What is Compare and Contrast?
Without mercy
What is pitiless?
personal ideas
What are opinions?
adding notes to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment
What is annotating?
the events that lead to solving the conflict
What is the falling action?
characters speaking to each other in a story
What is dialogue?
Trees dancing in the wind is an example of....
What is Personification?
You stole the forbidden fruit when you took his candy.
What is Allusion?
The Reason something happens and the Result of it happening is
What is Cause and Effect?
To be limited or closed in
What is confining?
a reasonable guess based on text evidence and prior knowledge
What is an inference?
lesson or moral of the story; the message the author wants the reader to understand
What is the theme?
introduces the characters and setting; sets the stage for what will happen
What is the exposition?
words with _____ that show how the author or characters think
What is feeling?
Life is like a box of chocolates is an example of a...
What is a simile?
The tall trees were curtains that surrounded us during our picnic.
What is a Metaphor?
The way the author organizes information.
What is text structure?
Excited or with anticipation
What is eager?