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Reading terms
Literature Terms
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Is this a complete sentence?

Because chocolate ice cream is the the best ice cream flavor of all time.


No.  That is a fragment.  It is missing an object.

100

This term describes text that is thought to contain factual information. 

nonfiction

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What is imagery

Descriptive language that is designed to function as a way for the reader to better imagine a scene/character...it draws on the five senses. 

200

How would you correct this sentence (there is more than one correct answer)

My name is Mrs. Kapfer and I am and English teacher.

My name is Mrs. Kapfer, and I am and English teacher.

My name is Mrs. Kapfer; I am an English teacher.

200

This terms describes literature that contains imaginary events and/or people.

fiction

200

What is a metaphor?

Comparison without using like or as

Her eyes are diamonds.

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How would you correct the following sentence:

My favorite food is pizza; and I also like tacos.

My favorite food is pizza; I also like tacos.

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This term describes a conclusion a reader reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.  The answer is not literal in nature. 

Inference

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What is hyperbole?

An extreme exaggeration.

My eyes are killing me!

400

How would you edit the following sentence:

I have been to the following places Alexandria Virginia Baltimore Maryland Springfield Virginia and Paris France. 

I have been to the following places: Alexandria, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Springfield, Virginia; and Paris, France. 

400

What is a prefix or give an example of a prefix

re (recycle) bio (biography) un (unhappy)

A group of letters placed before the root of a word which changes the meaning of the word

400

What is dramatic irony?

When the audience knows something that the character does not.  

Example) The killer goes into the basement.  The power goes out and the home owner goes into the basement to solve the problem.

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How would you edit the following sentence:

Kelly a friend of mine since the second grade is coming over for dinner tonight.

Kelly, a friend of mine since the second grade, is coming over for dinner tonight.

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What is an example of a suffix?

ly ing 
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What is alliteration 

Repetition of a consonant 

The burnt birch bark beaconed me to come closer.