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Literature 2
100
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
Writing where the author is giving information or facts.
What is informative writing?
100
Words that replace nouns in a sentence so it is not repetitive.
What are pronouns?
100
Two words that have the same meaning.
What is a synonym?
100
Stories that are made up and not factual.
What is fiction?
200
Giving nonhuman things, human like characteristics.
What is personification?
200

Writing where the author is stating their belief or feeling about something

What is opinion writing?

200
Part of speech that is used to join things in a sentence or paragraph.
What is a conjunction?
200
Two words that have opposite meaning.
What is an antonym?
200

These are people in a story.

What is a character?

300
A figure of speech that is understood but doesn't mean what is said literally.
What is an idiom?
300
The part of a writing where the author is closing and restating their points.
What is a conclusion?
300
Acronym used to remember the coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
300

When you use pictures or surrounding words to understand a word.

What are context clues?

300
To make an educated guess based on clues or evidence from text.
What is inference?
400

A comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400
The part of writing where you present your ideas and claim.
What is the introduction?
400

A sentence that contains two independent clauses and more than one subject

What is a compound sentence?

400
Language that does not mean exactly what it says.
What is figurative language?
400
To tell what a story is about using your own words.
What is summarize?
500

A saying that is exaggerated

Ex: I called you a million times!

What is hyperbole?

500

Stating examples or facts explicitly mentioned in the text. 

What is citing evidence?

500

A word that tells you where or when something is in relation to something else (location)

What are prepositions or prepositional phrase?

500
The space in between poems

What are stanzas?

500
The message or reason a story was written?
What is theme?