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100

Comparing two words or ideas using the word "like" or "as

What is a Simile?

100

A description from a personal observation or experience.

What is firsthand account?

100

Stating in your own words the central idea and important details.

What is Summarize?

100

How two things are the same or different.

What is compare and contrast?

100

The things that are said by the characters in a story, movie, or play (usually in "  ")

What is dialogue?

200

Comparing two ideas without using "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

200

The perspective from which a story is told.

What is Point of View?

200

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. (a guess)

What is an inference?

200

The facts or information. Details that support main idea or theme.

What is evidence?

200

To break apart and study the pieces.

What is analyze?

300

A group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?

300

How an author feels about the subject.

What is Author's Perspective?

300

Hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word or information.

What is context clues?

300

The author's message or lesson of the story.

What is theme?
300

A drawing that explains or shows the parts of something.

What is a diagram?

400

A strong, repeated pattern of sound, often found in poetry

What is rhythm?

400

A description of an event that was not directly experienced by the author or person.

What is Secondhand account?

400

The struggle that the main character tries to overcome.

What is conflict?

400

The reason that an action or reaction takes place (happens before the effect)

What is Cause?

400

The atmosphere or feeling in a story or poem.

What is mood?

500

An expression that means something different from what is written (it's raining cats and dogs)

What is an idiom?

500

A person who gives an account or tells the story of events or experiences.

What is a narrator?

500

The reason the author is writing (persuade, inform, entertain, express, or teach)

What is Author's Purpose?

500

The result or the consequences of the cause. (happens next)

What is effect?

500

When the main points follow a time pattern (first, next, last, steps)

What is chronological order?