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Reading Strategies
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Literary Elements
Literary Elements 2
Literary Elements 3
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A writer usually writes to explain, inform, persuade, or entertain. This is called...
What is author's purpose
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To consider or describe the similarities; to examine in order to not the similarities and diffences
What is comparing
100
The repetition of constant sounds at the beginning of words: Let us go forth to lead the land we love.
What is alliteration
100
A conversation between characters, often signaled by quotation marks.
What is Dialogue
100
Word combinations that are idiotic. The phrase is misunderstood if read literally.
What is Idioms
200
Having a preference for or against something.
What is bias
200
Specific information; full description
What are details
200
A comparison of two or more like objects that suggests if they are alike in certain respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well.
What is an analogy
200
The end of the central conflict in a story, when the action starts to wind down.
What is Falling Action
200
The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses.
What is Imagery
300
The relationship between events when one is the reason for the other.
What is cause and effect.
300
Something that is true about a subject and can be tested or proven; a concept whose truth can be proved.
What is a fact
300
A character in a story or poem who deceives frustrates, or works against the main character in some way.
What is Antagonist
300
A narrative technique that allows a writer to present past events during current events, in order to provide background.
What is Flashback
300
It is the contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.
What is Irony
400
The act of making up your mind about something based on careful consideration of facts and observations.
What is conclusion
400
Something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate references, especially to show where something can be located in a book or text.
What is index
400
The turning point, point of peak interest, and highest tension in the plot of a story.
What is Climax
400
When the writer provides clues or hints that suggests or predict future events in a story.
What is Foreshadowing
400
The exact, explicit meaning of a word or text.
What is Literal Statement
500
To give a review: to make a judgement about something based on certain standards.
What is critique
500
We decide by reasoning; conclude or judge from evidence
What is inference
500
The exact opposite
What is antithesis
500
A figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.
What is Hyperbole
500
Phrases that describe several characteristics of something by comparing it with something else.
What is Metaphor