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Giving human character traits to nonhuman objects.
What is personification.
100
A problem or struggle in a story is...
What is the conflict.
100
How we describe characters or their actions in stories...
What is character traits.
100
The claim or what an article or story is about.
What is main/central idea.
100
You need to hold your horses is what type of literary device?
What is idiom.
200
Comparing two people, places, or things using the words like or as...
What is simile
200
The start of the story where we learn the setting is...
What is the exposition.
200
When we use our schema plus evidence we can make
What is inferences.
200
A brief explanation of what a story or article is about.
What is a summary.
200
The movie or pictures or minds create when we read is...
What is imagery.
300
When multiple words start with the same vowel sound at the beginning of the words ( Peter Piper picked peppered pickles)
What is alliteration.
300
The part of the story where the conflict is dealt with or talked about.
What is the climax.
300
The time and place a story takes place is called...
What is the setting.
300
The four types of text structure are...
What is chronology, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution.
300
In a poem the lines are called _________, and the paragraphs are called __________.
What is verses and stanzas
400
Comparing two people, places, or events.
What is metaphor.
400
The end of the story, after the falling action is...
What is resolution.
400
A moral or lesson the author wants us to understand from reading his/her story is..
What is a theme.
400
Reasons that back up or help explain what your main idea is or why the author is making his/her claim.
What is supporting or key details.
400
Repeating a verse or phrase in a poem is called
What is repetition.
500
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole.
500
The four types of conflict are
What is character vs self, character, nature and society (world).
500
Looking at the beginning of the word to find its ____________ can help us find its meaning.
What is root word or prefix/suffix.
500
Words that help signal or tell us the meaning of unknown words or phrases...
What is context clues.
500
What is tone and mood?
Tone is the authors feelings or characters feelings, mood is how we feel from reading.