A person or animal in the story, play , or literary work.
What is a character?
100
A comparison using the words "like'" or "as"
What is a simile
100
Using information from other sentences, before or after an unfamiliar word to figure out its meaning.
What is context clues?
100
Linger
What is to stay or lag behind?
100
A word the means the same or has ___________ meaning is called a synonym
What is similar/same
200
Events that occur in the story
What is plot?
200
A comparison that does NOT use the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphore
200
Fantasy, Novel, Short Story, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Non-Fiction, e all different categories of this term
What is GENRE
200
The cat dashed out of sight and I was unable to catch it.:
Dashed means
- jumped
- ran quickly
- fell
- attacked
What is ran quickly
200
Words that have opposite meanings
What are antonyms?
300
The mansion sat in a moat surrounded by murky water. This sentence depicts the ___________ of the story.
What is setting?
300
"The blood red moon hung in the sky."
What's the "blood-red moon" an example of?
What is symbolism
300
A story that is not true or made up.
What is fiction?
300
I had to catch the ball in order for the person to be out.
(Which definition should match the sentence.)
1 intercept and hold (something that has been thrown, propelled, or
2 capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape)
What is DEFINITION 1
300
Synonym for brave
What is courageous (answers could vary)
400
This story element can be either internal, external or both
What is CONFLICT
400
The story's message or main point being made by the auther.
What is Theme
400
He was as COOL as a fan.
This is an example of...
What is figurative languanguage or SIMILE?
400
define: anxiety
What is nervous?
400
Antonymn for weak
What is strong?
500
Overall emotion created by the work of literature
What is MOOD
500
"I thought things couldn't get any worse; I was wrong."
This is an example of...
What is Foreshadowing
500
Venn Diagrams, T-Charts, Semantic Maps are all types of
What are graphic organizers?
500
What resource do you use to help you define words that you do not know?