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100
a story, play, or film involving conflict and emotional characteristics through action and dialogue.
What is drama?
100
does not include regular pattern or rhythm or rhyme and flow naturally.
What is free verse?
100
the act of getting people to do something, to convince them or believe in something.
What is persuasion?
100
provides information with facts and details about a topic.
What is informational text?
100
the meaning or concept readers are left with after reading a story.
What is theme?
200
instructions to an actor or director, written into the script of a play.
What are stage directions?
200
the repetition of consonant words. Ex. Big Bad Bird
What is alliteration?
200
a term or phrase that has strong emotional overtures and that are meant to evoke strong reactions beyond the specific meaning.
What is a loaded term?
200
main idea of the entire article.
What is a thesis?
200
one who opposes or fights usually against the main character or the hero; may be the reason for conflict.
What is antagonist?
300
when the voice of the story says "I, me, we, us". Main character tells the story.
What is first person point of view?
300
makes sound effects such as "Bang!"
What is onomatopoeia?
300
beliefs, judgments, or views of a particular person or group about a subject. Expresses how someone feels about something.
What is opinion?
300
cause and effect, comparison and contrast, chronological order, problem and solution, description.
What are organizational patterns?
300
text that explains how to do something.
What is procedural text?
400
the perspective from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
400
expression or phrase. (She's just pulling your leg.)
What is an idiom?
400
depends on a faulty logic example: "I wouldn't eat at that restaurant the only time I ate there, my meal was undercooked".
What is a logical fallacy?
400
intelligent guess using background knowledge and evidence from text.
What is inference?
400
language the author or poet uses to create a mental image for the reader.
What is sensory image?
500
when the narrator follows several characters' emotions and feelings and uses "she, he, they, them, etc".
What is third person omniscient?
500
the pattern that ends with rhyming words.
What is rhyme scheme?
500
an argument that is not sound but may still be convincing.
What is rhetorical fallacy?
500
to inform, explain, show the steps, argue, and inspire.
What is writer's purpose?
500
techniques used to persuade.
What are fallacies?