A figure of speech which compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
looking at hints in a sentence or paragraph to define unknown words or phrases.
What is context clues?
100
this benchmark will ask you to draw similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
100
is when an author says one thing and means something else.
What is verbal irony?
100
Japanese verse containing three lines
What is haiku?
200
Repeating consonant sounds occurring at the beginning of words or within words.
What is alliteration?
200
name both points of view a story can be told from.
What is 1st person and 3rd person?
200
this benchmark will ask you to determine the essential message of the passage?
What is main idea?
200
is when an audience perceives something that a character in the literature does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
200
in literature this is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point
What is flashback?
300
figure of speech which gives the qualities of a human to a figure, animal or idea.
What is personification?
300
in a plot diagram the beginning part of the story where the setting and characters are introduced is knows as the ________________.
What is exposition.
300
this benchmark will ask you to determine why this passage was written.
What is author's purpose?
300
is the emotional attitude the author takes towards his subject.
What is mood?
300
during CNN student news Carl Azuz always ended the broadcast with a cheese play on words which is knows as a ______________.
What is a pun?
400
language that appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
400
in a plot diagram the ends of the story where everything is solved is known as the ________________.
What is resolution?
400
this benchmark will ask you to read between the lines and draw a conclusion.
What is making an inference?
400
name two qualities of a tragic hero.
What is born into nobility, has a tragic flaw, meets a tragic death, falls from greatness & audience feels pity for him/her.
400
a literary device in which an author suggest certain plot developments that might come later in the story.
What is foreshawdowing?
500
an exaggerated statement used to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
500
this FCAT Reading benchmark measures students’ ability to locate, organize, interpret, synthesize, and evaluate
information from a variety of sources.
What is reference and research?
500
this benchmark will ask you to understand the reasons WHY something happens and the RESULTS.
What is cause and effect?
500
is the general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express.
What is theme?
500
Name all five types of conflicts
What is man vs. self,
man vs. man,
man vs. society,
man vs. nature , and
man vs. destiny?