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where and when the story takes place
What is setting
brief statement of the main events of a story
What is summary
The perspective from which a story is told
What is summary
When a portion of the story goes back in time
What is flashback
A division or type of literature
What is genre
The problem in a story
What is conflict
used to convince the reader of the writer's point of view
What is to persuade
The repetition of consonant SOUNDS at the beginning of words. For example, Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot
What is foreshadow
A listing of words with synonyms and antonyms
What is thesaurus
Finding a solution to a problem
What is resolution
The story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view
What is an autobiography
Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"
What is first person
To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented
What is infer/inference
Clues in surrounding text that help the reader determine the meaning of an unknown word
What is context clues
What a piece of writing is mainly about
main idea
a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena
What is a myth
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification
The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character
What is third person limited point of view
a conversation between two persons
What is dialogue
The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life
What is theme
In the time order in which events happened
What is chronological order
told by an all-knowing narrator from outside the story who reveals what every character thinks and feels
What is third person ominiscent
An expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the individual words
What is an idiom
small text found near a picture that provides important information about the picture
What is captions