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Figurative Language
Plot Development
Author's Purpose and Point of View
Odds and Ends 1
Odds and Ends 2
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a comparison of two things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
100
the problem in a story
What is the conflict?
100
the author's purpose where the author wants the reader to enjoy themselves as they read
What is to entertain?
100
two words that are put together to form a new word
What is a compound word?
100
a section of a poem
What is a stanza?
200
an exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
200
the turning point in the story, the most suspenseful part
What is the climax?
200
the author's purpose used when the author is trying to give facts and details about a topic
What is to inform?
200
the beats or parts of a word
What are syllables?
200
information from someone who was actually a witness to the events that they are talking about
What is a primary source?
300
the repetition of a vowel sound in the middle or at the end of words in a sentence
What is consonance?
300
the end of the story- also called the conclusion
What is the resolution?
300
the point of view when someone in the story is telling it
What is first person?
300
letters added to the end of a word that change the meaning
What is a suffix?
300
the words at the top of a page in a dictionary that help you figure out what words are listed on that page
What are guide words?
400
when you put two words together that are opposites (Ex: jumbo shrimp)
What is an oxymormon?
400
on the plot diagram, it is the first part of every story (often called the introduction)
What is the exposition?
400
The point of view when the author is giving a lot of commands (using the word "you" a lot). Example is a cookbook.
What is second person?
400
the use of words that appeal to the five senses
What is imagery?
400
the word that means that two words sound the same but are spelled different and have different meanings
What is a homophone?
500
Repetition of the vowel sounds in nearby words.
What is assonance
500
when an author gives clues and hints to what will happen later on in the story
What is foreshadowing?
500
the point of view when a narrator who knows everything is telling the story
What is third person omniscient?
500
an overused expression
What is a cliche?
500
words that have similar meaning
synonym