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What is a comparison between two unlike things that does no use the terms like or as
A Metaphor
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What are the 2 nouns in this sentence?

The strange and upset student walked away from the crowd

student and crowd
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What is the time, place and location of a fictional text?

The setting

100
What is the main point an author is trying to get across in a text?
The central idea (the main idea)
100

What are the people in a story called?

characters

200
What is a comparison between two unlike things that does use the word like or as?
Simile
200

What are the prepositional phrases?


We walked around the corner and through the corridor.

around the corner

through the corridor

200

What is the attitude/mood a writer expresses in a given portion of text called?

Tone

200

What is it called when a piece of writing tries to convince readers to support an idea?

Persuasive Writing

200

What does the phrase "Birds of a feather flock together" mean?

People who are similar spend time together

300
What is it called when a writer exaggerates to make an interesting point?
Hyperbole
300

What kind of sentence is this?

Because our car broke down, we were forced to take the bus.

Complex

300

What is the main problem of a story called?

Conflict

300

What is the difference between an article and an essay?

An article is published

300

What is point of view?

The perspective from which the story is told

400
What is it called when a writer gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
400

What are the 4 kinds of sentences?

Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative and exclamatory

400

What is the message or moral of a story called?

Theme

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What is it called when an author writes a text for a reason or to accomplish something?

Author's Purpose

400

What is the highest moment of tension/anxiety in a narrative called?

The climax

500
What is it called when a writer uses something that stands for something else?
Symbolism
500

Follow the ____________ process when creating your essay or narrative. You should prewrite, draft, revise, proofread, and final.

Writing Process

500

What is chronological order?

Order by time

500

In prose, authors split their texts into __________________. In poetry, authors split their texts into ______________.

paragraphs and stanzas