Reading Terms
What is the story mostly about?
the main idea
what is a comparison between two things that uses like or as
similie
what is a noun
a person, place, thing or idea
What character is very competitive and slide tackled another student in a game of soccer.
Lola Levine
What is a disaster?
an event that has a bad effect or result
Small pieces of information in a story are called…
Details
What is a comparison that does not use like or as
metaphor
verb
an action
Who was the girl who loved daydreaming in Words with Wings.
foul
an action during a game that is against the rules
Who is in the story?
Characters
What word gives human attributes to nonhuman things?
Personification
What is an adjective
a word that describes a noun
Who went on a walk with his grandfather to find out where poems came from?
Kiyoshi
unpleasant or annoying
What is a fiction story
a made up story
What word is an extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
a word that describes a verb
Who created ramen
Momofuku Ando
hard times
What is a story that is based on a real person
Biography
What does alliteration mean?
Repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
What is a conjunction
a word that links words, phrases, or clauses together
Who was a chef that blended her Los Angeles and Japanese backgrounds together to create fusion food?
Niki Nakayama
slick
slippery