A story's theme is the general idea about life that it reveals.
What is a theme?
100
A context clue is a word or phrase near an unknown word that can help the reader determine the meaning of what is not known.
What is a context clue?
100
A rhyme scheme is when the last words of certain lines follow a clear rhyming pattern. An example is when the rhyme scheme follows the pattern a b a b.
What are some specific rhyme schemes, and what is it?
100
Graphic Features are images that help readers visualize information, such as graphs and charts.
What are graphic features?
100
the author acknowledges that there is a view different from his or her own
What is opposing arguement
200
The setting is the time period and place in which a story unfolds.
What is the setting?
200
A connotation is a word's emotional impact. A denotation is a word's dictionary definition.
What is the difference between connotation and denotation?
200
An act is a main division of a drama.
What is the definition of an act in a play?
200
There is no difference. They both organize concepts and ideas in the order in which they happened.
What is the difference between sequence structure and chronological order?
200
when an aruthor refutes or effectively dismisses the opposing argument with support for his or her own claim
What is rebuttal or counterargument
300
The plot it the sequence of events comprising the action of the story.
What is the definition of the plot?
300
An inference is an idea a reader reaches by putting info in the text together knowledge they already have.
What is an inference?
300
Dramatic irony is when the audience knows more than the characters.
Give an example of dramatic irony.
300
Spatial structure describes things in terms of location or the space they occupy.
What is spatial structure?
300
a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
What is an example
400
An allusion is a reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea. A possible example of an allusion would referencing one of Shakespeare's plays, such as Hamlet.
Define allusion and give an example.
400
1st person is when the reader see's through the main characters eyes. 3rd person omniscient is when the reader knows the thoughts of multiple characters, and 3rd person limited is when the reader only knows the thoughts of one character.
Describe the difference between a 1st person point of view, and 3rd person omniscient and 3rd person limited.
400
Cast of characters, act, scene, setting dialogue, and stage directions.
What are all the elements of drama?
400
the facts and details lead to a main idea or concept
What is part-to-whole structure
400
a particular instance of something used or analyzed in order to illustrate a thesis or principle.
What is a case study
500
An archetype is a character who follows a specific behavior pattern.
What is the an archetype?
500
Compare and contrast is when the similarities and differences of something are compared. An example is: the dog's treat is bigger than the cats, but the treats are from the same brand.
What is compare and contrast, give an example.
500
A monologue is a speech given by one character to another.
A soliloquy is a speech by a character to the audience.
What is the difference between a monologue and a soliloquy?
500
General-to-specific
What is general-to-specific structure?
500
when an author uses an authority figure's words, writings, or research to support his or her claim