We use a Venn Diagram to ________________ and _________________ two topics
What is Compare/Contrast
100
Title: "The Life of Benjamin Franklin"
Example of...
What is Biography
100
to read again
What is Reread
200
Example: "The baby's cry was a siren alerting her father."
What is Metaphor
200
a poem shaped to look like its subject
What is Concrete poem
200
"When you exercise, drink plenty of water to keep your body hydrated. As you exercise, you sweat."
What do I use to determine what "hydrated" means?
What is Context clues
200
An untrained dog is an unhappy dog. Training your dog to obey simple commands will make both you and your dog calmer.
Author's purpose is...
What is To persuade
200
The place and time that a story takes place
What is Setting
300
Example: "Moonlight crept slowly into the baby's room at night."
What is Personification
300
the first and third lines each have 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables
What is Haiku
300
"I believe that this is the best zoo in America."
An example of...
What is Opinion
300
I walked out of the room, and saw the portrait of my mother in the empty hallway. *I remembered, years ago, my father would stare mindlessly at it for hours.*
Example of ....
What is Flashback
300
a struggle in a story between two opposing forces such as between 2 characters or inside the mind of a character, known as the ...
What is Conflict
400
Example: "He is under the weather today."
What is Idiom
400
The use of any element of language like a sound, word, phrase- more than once
What is Repetition
400
"Tina smiled when she saw the snow"
I know snow makes Tina happy.
Example of??
What is Inference
400
A story is about sisters who learn the meaning of friendship. This is the _____________ of the story.
What is Theme
400
clues that something might happen later in the story
What is Foreshadowing
500
Example: While carrying the bags, she said "This bag weighs a ton."
What is Hyperbole
500
Poem that is humorous, rhyming with 5 lines
What is Limerick
500
The rain fell for days, flooding the streets.
What is Cause and Effect
500
The main character Jane in the story was strong-willed, stubborn and not willing to share her ideas with her classmates.
An example of:
What is Character Traits
500
a word that means- not polite, discourteous or rude