Literary Elements
Setting
Where and when a story takes place
Synonyms
Words that are different but have the same meaning
Simile
Making comparisons using the words like, or as.
Climax
The main event during the story when the problem in the story must be solved
detail
Small things that happen in a text
Character
The people in the story
text-based evidence
Evidence from test.
Metaphor
A comparison not using like or as
Theme
The message or lesson the author is trying to tell you
inference
A conclusion from the details.
Plot
What happens in the story
summarize
to say what happened in the text.
Onomatopoeia
Words that represent sounds.
Main Idea
The important point that the writer is trying to make
Cite
To mention information from the text
Narrator
Person telling the story
analyze
to look at something carefully
Personification
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Central Idea
The main thing that the story is about
Paraphrase
To put in your own words
Conflict
The main problem the character has
perspectives
how we see things around us
Alliteration
Two or more words that begin with the same sound.
Internal conflict
The problem a character has within themself
RACE
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