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A stated comparison, employing a connective such as "like" or "as". Example: "My love is like a red, red rose". (Robert Burn)
What is a Simile?
100
How the author organizes the information in the text.
What is Text Structure?
100
The words spoken by the characters, usually to each other, not to the reader.
What is Dialogue?
100
A highly imaginative story about characters, places, and events, yet it is believable.
What is Fantasy?
100
Everyone else at the party wanted garbage pizza but Tim because he detested vegetables. What does the word detested mean?
What is to strongly dislike?
200
An implied comparison, not directly stated with words such as "like" and "as". Example: In the morning the city Spreads its wings Making a song In stone that sings. (Langston Hughes)
What is a Metaphor?
200
Helps you better understand a picture or photograph
What is a Caption?
200
The main, underlying idea of a piece of literature. It is woven subtly into the fabric of the story rather than being lectured or preached by the author.
What is the theme?
200
A type of story passed down from generation to generation and told to teach a lesson about something. Is about animals that can talk and act like people, or plants or forces of nature like thunder or wind. The plants may be able to move and also talk and the natural forces cause things to happen in the story because of their strength.
What is a fable?
200
My mom wanted to get the red napkins for the party and my dad wanted the blue napkins, but I’m not even concerned about such frivolous things. What does the word frivolous mean?
What is not serious in content, attiude, or behavior?
300
Human qualities are given to an inanimate object, an abstract idea, or a force of nature. Example: "The Night was creeping on the ground! She crept and did not make a sound" (James Stephens).
What is Personification?
300
This is an alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells you what page the idea is on.
What is the Index?
300
The time, the geographical locations, and the general environment that prevail in a narrative.
What is the setting?
300
Texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.
What is Informational texts or articles?
300
The dogs were so hungry that they would have killed one another for a morsel of meat. What does the word morsel mean?
What is a small quantity?
400
Words that imitate sounds or sounds that are linked with objects. Example: Bow-wow, says the dog, Mew, mew says the cat, Grunt, grunt, goes the hog, And squeak goes the rat. Tu, whu, says the owl, Quack, quack, says the duck, And what the cuckoo says you know
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Helps the reader understand the size of one thing by comparing it to the size of something familiar.
What is comparisons?
400
The central figure (hero) with whom we usually sympathize or identify.
What is the Protagonist?
400
A nonfiction (true) account of someone's life. It is written by someone other than the subject.
What is a biography?
400
Few were impressed by Kirstin’s presentation, “How to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time,” even though Kirstin was able to simultaneously walk and chew gum. What does the word simultaneously mean?
What is existing or occuring at the same time?
500
The repetition of similar sounds in the two or more words. Example: One, two, buckle my shoe; Three, four, shut the door; Five, six, pick up sticks; Seven, eight, lay them straight; Nine, ten, a big, fat hen.
What is Rhyme?
500
Helps the reader understand exactly what something looks like.
What are photographs?
500
A struggle or clash between opposing characters or opposing forces.
What is the conflict?
500
Verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. It often uses rhyme or rhythm.
What is Poetry?
500
As Kevin remembered the promise he made earlier, he reluctantly agreed to help Jennie move her stuff into her new apartment. What does the word reluctantly mean?
What is feeling or showing hesitation?