Figurative Language
Comparison using like or as
simile
the people in a story
characters
the main part of a word
root word
effect
more than one paragraph
multi-paragraph
a phrase that compares 2 things NOT using like or as
metaphor
the time and place of a story
setting
the part of the word that comes at the beginning of a root word
prefix
taking evidence from the text and what you know about the world to make a guess is called...
inference
summary
a phrase you don't take literally
idiom
the events of a story
plot
When you use the text around a word to help you determine it's meaning, you are using....
context clues
An event that leads to another event
cause
what are the 5 questions you ask when writing a summary of a non-fiction text?
Who? What? When? Where? Why?
an extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
the lesson you might learn from a story
theme
an ending on a word that changes it's meaning
suffix
main idea
The sentence that tells what the rest of a paragraph will be about.
The topic sentence
giving something not human a human characteristic
personification
the high point of a story is called...
climax
what is a definition?
the way an author structures a text to help readers understand - an example is problem/solution
text structure
The three reasons an author writes
Persuade
Inform
Entertain