A comparison of two unlike items using "like" or "as".
What is a simile.
100
A type of writing where the purpose is to inform, describe, explain, or define the author's subject to the reader
What is expository writing.
100
When a reader makes a guess about what will happen next.
What is a prediction.
100
A shortened version of a text that highlights its key points.
What is a summary.
100
The hero or the main character of the story.
What is a protagonist.
200
This is when the initial sound of several words in a sentence or short passage are the same.
What is alliteration.
200
Facts or quotes from a passage or story.
What is a concrete detail.
200
When you use your own prior knowledge and text evidence to decide something about a character or event in a story.
What is an inference.
200
A portion or section of a written work
What is a passage.
200
A literary term defined as the events that makes up the story
What is a plot.
300
A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor.
300
Your opinion or insight about that fact or quote.
What is commentary.
300
Things that you believe to be true.
What is an assumption.
300
When you look closely at a piece of writing and examine the plot, characters, theme, and style
What is analyzing.
300
Where the story takes place.
What is the setting.
400
When a non-human item is given human qualities.
What is personification.
400
When you use more than one source to answer a question or create a piece of writing.
What is synthesizing.
400
Facts, phrases or sentences used to support your inferences.
What is text evidence.
400
The moral of a fable or parable.
What is a theme.
400
Character vs Society is an example of this.
What is conflict.
500
An expression, word, or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is comprehended in regard to a common use of that expression that is separate from the literal meaning of the words.
What is an idiom.
500
Why something happens in a story.
What is a cause.
500
Beliefs that are based on feelings.
What is an opinion.
500
The manner in which written words might be said (for example, sarcastic, mild, witty, angry)
What is tone.
500
A character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend.