A comparison of two or more unlike things using "like" or "as".
Ex. The sun is like a big ball of fire!
What is a simile?
100
The series of events or actions that make up a story.
What is a plot?
100
To look at how things are alike or the same.
What is compare?
100
The explicit or direct meaning of a word as stated in a dictionary, opposite of connotation.
What is denotation?
100
Proof, something that can prove or disprove something that makes plain or clear.
What is evidence?
200
Expressions whose meanings are not literal, like "kick the bucket" or "it's raining cats and dogs".
What is an idiom?
200
Another word for a problem.
What is a conflict?
200
Make a guess about what will happen.
What is predict?
200
A reasonable guess reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
200
Facts, reasons, examples, or descriptions that expand or tell more about the central idea.
What are supporting details?
300
A comparison of two or more unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as". Ex. "The sun is a big ball of fire!"
What is a metaphor?
300
The time and place of a story.
What is a setting?
300
To look at how things are different or unlike.
What is contrast?
300
Implied, rather than expressly stated.
What is implicit?
300
The way someone looks at something or sees something, the position of the narrator in relation to the story
What is point of view?
400
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words,
Also known as a "tongue twister"
Ex. "Shelly sells seashells by the seashore."
What is an alliteration?
400
The person telling the story.
What is a narrator?
400
To examine or look closely.
What is analyze?
400
The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression, has an emotional trigger, can be negative or positive, opposite of denotation.
What is connotation?
400
The background of the story, information to let us know more about the story or characters in the story.
What is the exposition?
500
A brief story about an interesting, funny, or strange event, told to entertain or make a point.
What is an anecdote?
500
The end of the story when everything is wrapped up and problems are solved.