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The moment in a story after tension builds and the conflict is most intense. Also called, "the turning point"
What is climax?
100
Comparing two unilike things by using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
Point of view in witch the main character "tells" the story in his or her own words
What is first person?
100
To tell how two or more things are alike
What is compare?
100
An action or event that leads to an effect
What is cause?
200
The author's most important point, usually found in the topic sentence
What is main idea?
200
A group of letters placed at the end of a word to change its meaning
What is suffix?
200
A type or category of literature
What is genre?
200
Something that happens as a result of an action, event, or cause
What is effect?
200
A story that is not true; it is created in the authors imagination
What is fiction?
300
Words that students are expected to know
What is target words?
300
How an author writes, using language to interest the reader in his or her purpose
What is style?
300
A word or phrase in bold print that shows the texts topic or name
What is heading?
300
A struggle between characters
What is conflict?
300
The story of a persons life written by another person
What is biography?
400
A major idea that is the topic of discussion or writing
What is theme?
400
To retell the most important parts of a text in much shorter space, in your own words
What is summarize?
400
Visual aids within the text
What is graphics?
400
Conversation between people in a story
What is dialogue?
400
A judgment based on a personal point of view
What is bias?
500
A story's sequence of events
What is plot?
500
A story's time and place
What is setting?
500
One or more letters attached to a word to create a different form of the word
What is affix?
500
A statement that stretches the truth
What is exaggeration?
500
The center of interest or attention
What is focus?