Reading Stradigys
Latin Roots
Figurative Language
Story Elements
Definitions
100
Predict
Try to figure out what will happen next in stories or passages.
100
Foot.
Ped.
100
Simile
a compairison of two unlike things in witch a word of comparison is used, such as "like" or "as."
100
Theme
The lesson you can learn from a story. The authors message.
100
A group of lines in a poem.
Stanza.
200
Visualize
Form images in your mind of characters, events, and the setting of stories or passages
200
Hand.
Man/Manu.
200
Metaphor
A comparison of two unlike things in which one or person is said to be the other.
200
Flashback.
a device used in literature to present action that occoured before the beggining of the story
200
A comparison of two unlike things.
Simile.
300
Connect
Think of similarities between what you are reading about and things you have experienced, heard about, and read about.
300
See, Look
Spec.
300
Personification.
Giving human traits to a non human object.
300
Plot
The structure or sequence in which the author arranges events in a story.
300
The portion of a story folowing the climax.
Resolution.
400
Clarify
Stop occasionally to review what you understand and help your understanding change and develop. You may reread or use resources to help clairify your understandings.
400
Throw.
Ject.
400
Hyperbole.
A huge exaggeration or overstatment.
400
Resolution.
The portion of a story ffolowed by the climax.
400
Device in literature where an object represents an idea.
Symbolism.
500
Question
Ask questions and search for reasons behind the events and character's feelings.
500
Speak.
Dict.
500
Onomatopoeia.
The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, or sound like the actions they discribe.
500
Climax
The turning point in a narrative.
500
A device used un literature to create expectation or hint at later development.
Foreshadowing.