Figurative Language
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The beginning of the story is where the author introduces characters and setting.
What is the exposition?
The most important idea that an author wants to communicate in a text?
What is the central idea?
Would also accept: Main idea
An argument or viewpoint that is different from the one the writer is making. A good writer addresses this before concluding.
What is counterclaim?
Also will accept: counter argument
The basic part of a word that carries its main meaning—for example, in "unhappily," the root is "happy."
What is a root?
When the author says, "the moon is a silver coin," they are comparing two things. What literary device is this?
What is a metaphor?
The turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
Facts, examples, details, or quotes that support an answer or idea.
What is evidence?
The method of answering or disproving an opposing argument to show why your claim is stronger.
What is a rebuttal?
When reading "The sky was crystal clear," you can figure out the meaning of "crystal" by looking at the surrounding words. What strategy is this?
What is context clues?
What is personification?
Part of a story after the climax.
What is the falling action?
The way an author organizes the information, such as chronologically, comparing two things, or cause and effect.
What is text structure?
The closing section of an argument that restates the main claim and reminds the reader why it matters.
What is the conclusion?
The part of a word that comes at the beginning and changes its meaning. In "unhappy" and "redo," what is this part called?
What is a prefix?
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse." What literary device is this?
What is hyperbole?
A character or force that works against the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
A title of a smaller portion of the text.
What is a subtitle?
When a writer uses facts, numbers, research, and logical thinking to prove a claim, they are appealing to the reader's what?
What is logic?
A word that means the opposite of another word—for example, "hot" and "cold."
What is an antonym?
"Boom!" "Bang!' "Zap!" are all examples of which literary device?
What is onomatopoeia?
Perspecptive from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
A text structure that shows how one event or action makes something else happen.
What is cause and effect?
When a writer quotes an expert or famous person to support an argument, they are providing what to support their argument.
What is evidence?
-graph means to write. This is an example of a what?
What is a Greek or Latin root?