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A scene from the past
What is a flashback?
The reader's feelings related to the text
What is mood?
The author's attitude about the topic of the text
What is Tone?
when the expectation and the outcome are not the same
When and where a story happens
What is the setting?
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Hints at future events
What is foreshadowing?
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
What is a metaphor?
a comparison that uses like or as
What is a similie?
Making light of an uncomfortable situation (normally by telling a joke)
What is are euphemisms?
The central idea of a text
What is the theme?
used to describe the noun in a sentence
What is an adjective?
A conclusion based on evidence
What is an inference?
The timeline of a story
What is the plot?
the smooth connection of ideas, thoughts, or actions
What are transitions?
Taking what you know to make a guess about the future
What is a prediction?
An extreme exaggeration
What is a Hyperbole?
Connects words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence
What is a conjuction?
The best way to support an answer
What is text evidence or citations?
The timeline of a story that follows time order
What is a linear plot?
the side by side comparison of things to highlight differnces
What is Juxtaposition?
The reason an author wrote a text
What is author's purpose?
Repeating consonat sounds (peter piper picked.....)
What is alliteration?
used to describe the relationship between nouns and other words in the sentence
What is a preposition?
Help the reader to understand unfamiliar words
What are context clues?
Shortens the main idea
What is a summary?
What are citations?
Plots that share a common theme often being told at the same time
What are parallel plots?
A secondary or parallel plot (side story) in addition to the main story
What is a subplot?
a description of how, when or where an action happens
What is an adverb?