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The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring sounds
What is Alliteration
100
When an author uses the characters thoughts, words, or actions to help the reader learn more about the character.
What is Characterization?
100
A word that is the opposite in meaning to another word
What is Antonym
100

RACER Meaning

Restate

Answer 

Cite 

Explain

Repeat

100
A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions
What is Conflict/Problem
200
An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments
What is Foreshadowing
200

The author’s method of structuring a text; the way a text is structured from beginning to end. In literary works, the structure could include flashback and foreshadowing, for example. In nonfiction works, the structure could include sequence, question-answer, cause-effect, etc.

text organization/structure

200

The message or lesson from a work.

Theme

200

The perspective in which the a narrator tells a story and knows all.

Third Person Omniscient

200

An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before current (present) time of the story. Flashbacks are often introduced as the dreams or recollections of one or more characters.

flashback

300
An exaggeration or overstatement
What is Hyperbole
300
An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event
What is Allusion
300

A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text

narrative

300

The generally accepted importance or value of a work to represent human experience regardless of culture or time period.

universal significance

300

A conclusion drawn from specific information that is used to make a broad statement about a topic or person

generalization

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The comparison of two unlike things in which no words of comparison are used
What is Metaphor
400
The range of associations that a word or phrase suggests in addition to its dictionary meaning
What is Connotation
400
The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic
What is Bias
400

What is mood? The emotions a work evokes. 

\What is mood? 

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Words and phrases in a sentence, paragraph, and/or whole text, which help reason out the meaning of an unfamiliar word
What is Context Clue
500

Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual information. Informational texts comprise the majority of printed material adults read (e.g., textbooks, newspapers, reports, directions, brochures, technical manuals).

informational text

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A for of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy.
What is Allegory
500
The author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people or to persuade or convince his/her audience to do or not do something
What is Author's Purpose
500

 The attitude of the author.

What is tone?

500

The dictionary definition of a word. 

Denotation