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Figurative Language in Literature
Comprehension Strategies
Context Clues
Test Vocabulary
"Can't Get There From Here"
100
What is the repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words and/or phrases
Alliteration
100
What is it called when you "read between the lines?"
infer
100
What does deprive mean in the following sentence: Don’t deprive a child of proper nutrition
to take away from
100
What is it called when you need to figure out a word or phrase by looking at the words around it?
context clues
100
What are the names of the people and animals that have already died in the book?
Country Club, Rainbow, 2moro, Pest
200
What is it called when things are given human-like qualities?
Personification
200
What is it called when you need to guess what will happen next?
predict
200
What does diligence mean in the following sentence? I admire your diligence
hard work
200
What is it called when you will be asked to go back to the text and look at a chart or table to get the answer?
Research and Reference
200
What is the name of the person who was a "post-card" homeless teenager?
Maggot
300
What is a comparison using like or as?
similie
300
what is it called when you create a picture in your head of what you're reading?
visualize
300
What does disdain mean in the following sentence? The man felt great disdain toward his unfaithful wife
contempt, hatred
300
In a story, what is the beginning called? Usually the characters and setting/settings are introduced?
Exposition
300
What is the librarian's name?
Anthony
400
What is it called when an author may talk about something that happened in their past?
flashback
400
What is it called when you need to tell how two things are similar?
compare
400
What does hostile in the following sentence? We are now entering hostile territory. Please be alert
unfriendly
400
What is the highest point in a story?
climax/conflict
400
Where is Tears from? City and state!
Hundred, West Virginia
500
What is it called when an author gives subtle hints as to what may happen next?
forshadowing
500
What is it called when you need to tell me how two things are different?
contrast
500
What is the meaning of immortal in the following sentence? Because children think they are immortal, they often act in dangerous ways
they never die
500
In a story, it is composed of all the events that lead to the resolution (ending) of story.
falling action
500
Who is the homeless person who has literally "gone crazy?"
Jewel