a comparison of two things that are unlike usually using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
Main Idea
What is the big idea or point of a text?
100
Person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
100
The structure of the action of the story. The sequence of events as they occur in the story.
What is the plot?
100
The hero or “good guy” in a story
What is the protagonist?
200
the use of something that stands for or represents something else (example: a rose represents love)
What is symbolism?
200
The order of events
What is sequencing?
200
am, is, are, was, were, have, has, had, shall, will, be, being, been
What are 'verbs of being'?
200
A person or animal in a play, poem, short story, or novel
What is a character?
200
Paragraphs in a poem
What is a stanza?
300
an exaggerated statement used for effect and not meant to be taken literally (example: Waves as high as mountains broke over the sea shore)
Hyperbole
300
When something happens, then something else happens immediately after.
What is cause and effect?
300
Nouns that mean 'more than one'
What are plural nouns?
300
The highest point of action or interest in a short story or novel
What is the climax
300
Using words whose sound suggests their meanings. (examples: buzz, purr, bang) Also a poetic device used to produce an effect through the sound of words
What is onomatopeoia?
400
a phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from ordinary meanings of the words in it (example: hold your horses)
What is idiom?
400
Restating something in your own words
What is summarizing?
400
Specific nouns that must be capitalized
What proper nouns?
400
underlying meaning of a literary work
What is the theme?
400
the process of drawing a conclusion from the reading about what will happen or why it happened; prediction based on hints from the reading
What is an inference?
500
Most words in a phrase begin with the same sound (heavy hearted hands heal)
What is alliteration?
500
Small pieces of information that help you understand the main idea.
What are supporting details?
500
their, hers, his, yours, my
What are possessive pronouns?
500
Action that follows the peak of action in a story through to the resolution or conclusion of the story
What is falling action?
500
A hint in a story, play, movie, or novel that suggests what is to happen later