A saying that can have a deeper meaning and is often used to give advice.
What is a proverb?
100
Where and when a story takes place
What is setting?
100
Patterns that writers use to arrange ideas for readers. They are important because they show relationships between ideas.
What are organizational structures?
200
A comparison that doesn't use the words like or as
What is a metaphor?
200
Facts, reasons, arguments, and examples that help you understand the main idea of the passage.
What are supporting details?
200
Good ______ means all sentences in a passage follow a logical order.
What is structure?
200
Beings in a story, can be people, animals, ghosts, talking rocks or just about anything.
What are characters?
200
Four common patterns or organizing text
What are chronology, problem/solution, cause/effect and comparison?
300
Adds emphasis in writing through exaggerating
What is a hyperbole?
300
To give a short version of what you read
What is summarize?
300
The underlying meaning or point of a story. That which can be understoood by people all over the world.
What is theme and universal themes?
300
What happens in a story; it's the beginning, middle, and the end of the story
What is plot?
300
When you read a text, you will need to explain how_______, _______, or _______relate to each other. You will need to describe their interactions.
What are individuals, events, ideas?
400
A short saying that has been popularly accepted over a long period of time.
What is an adage?
400
Making connections between what is said and not said in a story.
What is inference?
400
These can help you figure out a word's meaning.
What are context clues?
400
The challenge that a character must face and overcome.
What is conflict?
400
When you (include facts) from several texts, you give your readers a more complete view about your subject.
What is integrate information?
500
A common phrase that is not taken literally.
What is an idiom?
500
A writer will often use supporting details to provide _____
that his opinion is right.
What is evidence?
500
Special words used in particular areas such as school subjects, science, industry, and so on. Some of these are common words that can have different meanings based on their subjects
What are domain-specific words and phrases?
500
Different perspectives which affects how events are described.
What is point of view?
500
All writing has a point of view that shows the reader who is telling what happened. Often there will be _______ _____ of the same event.