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Author's Purpose/Type of Text
Figurative Language
Elements of Plot
Test Terms
Grab Bag
100
A text that is not true, or from the author's imagination.
What is Fiction?
100
A word that sounds like or means the same thing as it's name.
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
Learn setting, meet main characters, and find out what the story will be about.
What is EXPOSITION?
100
Sean and Brad are best friends. They have been going to the same school since kindergarten and have bonded over their love of sports. However, Sean's favorite sport is football while Brad prefers basketball.
What is COMPARE/CONTRAST?
100
The lesson that you learn. The moral of a story.
What is THEME?
200
What is the purpose of the following passage? Butterflies are colorful, flying insects from the Lepidoptera order. Because they are insects, they have three body parts. The three body parts are called the head, thorax, and abdomen. They also have six jointed legs, two antennae and compound eyes.
What is to INFORM?
200
Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
The part of a story that reveals or suggests an outcome.
What is the RESOLUTION?
200
To paint a picture with words. To tell everything you know.
What is DESCRIBE?
200
When someone uses what they already know, apply it to an new situation and make an educated guess.
What is INFERENCE? (INFER)
300
This is the author's purpose when writing fiction novels.
What is to ENTERTAIN?
300
Compares two things using like or as.
What is SIMILE?
300
The part of the story in which we learn the conflict.
What is RISING ACTION?
300
You do this to give details/examples that provide evidence or proof. For reading, these are usually in the text.
What is SUPPORT?
300
When you take a word or statement to mean exactly what is says. Like, literally.
What is LITERAL?
400
What is the purpose of the following passage? Sandy is the absolute best candidate for student body president! She is honest, friendly and dedicated to making our school a better place. This is YOUR chance to make a positive change! VOTE SANDY IN 2018!
What is to PERSUADE?
400
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
What is HYPERBOLE?
400
The events and complications begin to resolve themselves. The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
What is FALLING ACTION?
400
You have several paragraphs to read and answer questions about, so this is the first thing that you do ahead of time.
What is READ THE QUESTIONS FIRST?
400
Gives characteristics or traits about a person, place or thing.
What is DESCRIPTION?
500
A text that details real life events.
What is NONFICTION?
500
John was an ox as he rolled the boulder up the steep hill.
What is METAPHOR?
500
The most intense or extreme part of a story where an action typically takes place.
What is the CLIMAX?
500
The summer had been extra hot with very little rain to relieve the thirsty earth. There were cracks in the ground that looked like someone might fall into. People neglected their lawns because no plant was motivated to be green or grow.
What is CAUSE/EFFECT?
500
Listing events or explaining steps in order.
What is sequence?