Elements of Literature
Font, Pictures, Captions, Graphs, and Charts, are what?
What are Text Features?
Stating that an idea, object, or situation is something else. Typically with the use of words "are" or "is"
What is Metaphor?
A comparison using like or as
What is Simile?
A non-linear plot structure/ literary device that goes back in time.
What is a flashback?
To improve by making changes.
What is Edit and Revise?
An action and its result are explained. (something happened and this is the result of it)
What is Cause and Effect?
Examples/support that reinforces the thesis or claim.
What is Evidence?
{{What are the three ways to fix a run-on sentence or comma splice?
What is Use a Semicolon; Comma and Conjunction; Split into two sentences?
The universal lesson, moral, or message that the reader should learn from a story
What is Theme?
Tells how two things are similar and how they are different
What is Compare and Contrast?
A topic of discussion that has no clear answer. People either heavily agree or disagree with the topic and everyone has an opinion.
What is Controversial Topic?
The sentence in your essay that tells the reader what the essay will be about
What is Thesis Statement?
Time and Place of a story: When and Where
What is Setting?
The action you must take when you do not know or understand a word
What is Look It Up?
an idea introduced and then further developed throughout all or part of a literary work, especially a poem:
What is Extended Metaphor?
Use clues and background knowledge to come to a conclusion.
What is inference (to infer)?