a group of lines in poetry that often rhyme or have the same nuber of lines. A blank line appears between each one.
What is a stanza
100
comparing two things by making one thing into another. The wheat fiel was a golden sea. Edgar plowed through his math problems.
What is a metaphor
100
is where and when a story happens
What is setting
100
is a word part added to the beginning of a root word.
What is a prefix
100
explaining how one event causes something else to happen
Cause and Effect
200
is the use of words that have the same vowel sound. Joe, Joke, Bone, or June, duke, new flute, blue, tuba
What is assonance
200
comparing two things using the word like or the word as. Katy is as pretty as a picture.
What is a simile
200
us what happens in a story. It includes the main events of the story.
What is the plot
200
is a word part added to the end of a root word.
What is a suffix
200
This type of organization makes it clear that the author wants to persuade the reader
opinion and supporting details
300
is the use of words that begin with the same consonant sound. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is a alliteration
300
a figurative language that has become a common saying. All bark and no bite, costs an arm and a leg, backseat driver & everything but the kitchen sink.
What is a idiom
300
is the problem the characters face in the story.
What is the conflict
300
are words that mean about the same thing
What is a synonym
300
telling abut things in the order that they happened.
order of events
400
is using words that sound lke what they mean. Moo, hiss, buzz, meow, plop & sizzle.
What is an onomatopoeia
400
od wise saying. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, look before you leap, where there's smoke, there's fire.
What is a proverb or adage
400
is the part of the plot when the characters have to solve the problem
What is the climax
400
are words that mean the opposite
What is are antonyms
400
telling what is alike and different about two or more ideas.
compare and contrast
500
is poetry that does not have a set pattern of shythm or rhyme
What is free verse
500
ancient stories about gods and heroes. Hercules, Pandora, Achilles & Odysses.
What is a myth
500
is when the problem in the story is finally solved
What is the resolution
500
using words around an unknown word in a text that will give you hints to the word's meaning
What is context clues
500
features that a reader can control, ex. videos, sounds, webcam, links, oral presentation......