Used to compare and contrast two different items, ideas, events, concepts, etc.
What is a Venn Diagram?
100
the highest point of tension in a story. Also called the "turning point" it effects everything that comes after it.
What is the climax?
100
Comparison between two unlike things using words "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
The author describes a topic by listing characteristics, features, attributes, and examples
What is Description?
100
Use of visual representation of something referenced in the work.
What is an illustration or picture?
200
Used to organize information about a series of events
What is a timeline?
200
the struggle between opposing forces in a story or drama. It can be internal or external.
What is Conflict?
200
A direct comparison of two unlike things, saying one thing IS another
What is a metaphor?
200
The author lists items or events in numerical or chronological sequence, either explicit or implied
What is Sequence?
200
This feature allows the writer to make a list of details
What are bullet points?
300
Use to separate information in good attributes and bad attributes. Said to look like a fish.
What is a fishbone?
300
A typeo fpoetry that has no fixed pattern of meter, rhyme, line length, or stanza arrangement.
What is Free Verse?
300
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
300
Information is presented by detailing how two or more events, concepts, theories, or things are alike and/or different
What is Comparison/Contrast?
300
This feature is generally used for specialize vocabulary, Headings, and subheadings?
What is bold print?
400
A general plan of the material that is to be presented in a speech or a paper. It shows the order of the various topics, the relative importance of each, and the relationship between the various parts.
What is an outline?
400
The perspective from which the story is told. It can first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient.
What is point of view?
400
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
What is a hyperbole?
400
The author presents ideas, events in time, or facts as causes and the resulting effect(s) or facts that happen as a result of an event.
What is Cause/Effect?
400
It is a description or explanation for an image included in an article or story.
What is a caption?
500
It helps students organize the events of fictional story and includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
What is story map or plot diagram?
500
The main idea or message of a story, poem, novel, or play often expressed as a general statement about life.
What is Theme?
500
The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes. (hiss, meow, swish, buzz, etc)
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
The author presents a problem and one or more solutions to the problem
What is Problem/Solution?
500
It is included with a map to help you understand the symbols used on the map.