Academic Vocabulary
What is the main topic of the text called?
What is the difference between metaphors and similes?
Similes use like or as, metaphors do not.
What is the universal lesson, message, and moral of the story?
Theme
What is a central idea found inside a text called?
Thesis Statement
When a question as a Part A & Part B, what are you going to do on Part B?
Support the answer for Part A using textual evidence.
What does the word "contribute" mean in English language arts?
To add
What is it called when you give human like qualities to something that is not human?
Personification
What are the two types of conflict?
Internal and External
What is another one for how one aspect or feature affects another? Example: The earthquake affected the structure of future buildings in San Francisco.
Influence
What is imagery?
Using the five senses to create a more vivid picture.
Another word for "analyze"
Evaluate
What is the purpose of personification?
To make something not human, more relatable.
What is the author's attitude toward a character, setting, or conflict called?
Tone
What is it called when you use the words surrounding a word to determine its meaning?
Context clues
When a word in a text has a small number next to it, what does it mean?
That the word has a footnote at the bottom of the page or end of the story that will define what the word means.
What is another word for how a topic or plot advances or changes over time?
Develops
What is rhetoric?
The art of using effective language (especially figurative) to persuade an audience.
What is another word for "point of view?"
Perspective
What does it mean to "infer?"
Determine what it being said using textual evidence and background knowledge.
What are the three parts of the rhetorical triangle?
Ethos, Logos, Pathos
What is a way to create a summary for both informational and literature texts? (Hint - 5)
5 W's - Who, What, When, Where, and Why/How
What is an allusion?*
An allusion is a reference to something in pop culture, literature, history, or religion.
Example: "He was as tall as Honest Abe, himself." Comparing someone to Abraham Lincoln."
What are the five story elements? (Must name all five)
Character, setting, conflict, plot, theme
What are the five main author's purposes?
Persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe
What should you do when you see time running out during a testing period?
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