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the time and place in which the story occurs
What is setting?
100
a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning
What is a homophone?
100
Words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different spellings.
What is a homophone?
100
when the reader or character expects one thing and another thing occurs
What is irony?
100
From whose perspective the story is told
What is point of view?
200

The emotion created in the reader by the story

What is mood?
200
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of
What is hyperbole?
200

a statement that tells the reader what the paragraph will discuss

What is a topic sentence?
200
a struggle that takes place within the character
What is internal conflict?
200
a story about a fictitious person or occurrence that is set in real history
What is historical fiction?
300
when a story is told by an all-knowing narrator
What is third person omniscient?
300
"the tree's bare branches raked the sky" is an example of
What is personification?
300
a piece of information taken directly from a text which proves or supports a statement
What is evidence?
300
the most important thought about a topic which is discussed throughout the entirety of a text
What is the central/main idea?
300
sources which a reader can trust to provide accurate and correct information
What are credible sources?
400
readers learning that Jonas and his community are unable to see color is an example of this
What is a plot twist?
400

A group of letters added to the end of a word to form a new word

What is a suffix?
400

the most important part of a written paragraph (ATEC)

What is the explanation?
400
a list of steps needed, in order, to complete a process
What is sequence of events?
400
a short reference to an author in a text set off by parentheses 
What is an in-text or parenthetical citation?
500

the reason that The Giver placed so much emphasis on Release to Elsewhere early in the novel is an example of this

What is foreshadowing?
500

The sled in The Giver is an example of

What is a symbol?
500
The five parts of plot
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500
a brief story usually told to make a point
What is anecdote?
500

MLA stands for this

What is the Modern Language Association?