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100
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
In poetry, a sentence is called this...
line
100
For what 3 purposes do authors write?
inform, persuade, entertain
100
What does inferencing mean?
Taking what you know (background knowledge) and what you have read ( clues from the text) to come up with a conclusion.
200
The problem of the story
conflict
200
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
200
When the character wants to change or make a decision.
Character vs. Self
200
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
200
What is tone ?
The author's attitude toward the subject or audience
300
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
300
When the narrator let the readers know what all the characters think
Third Person Ominscient
300
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
300
"You are my sunshine" is an example of?
A metaphor
300
What does chronological order mean?
order of events from first to last
400
What is the word for when animals or objects are given human characteristics?
Personification
400
What a text is mostly about?
Central Idea
400
What is an action word?
Verb
400
Facts, quotations, examples, and statistics can all be used as _______________.
evidence
400
What is a noun?
person, place, thing, or idea
500
Define cause and effect AND give key words
Test structure that tells what happens and why, key words: as a result, because, It/then, etc.
500
Put the following plot elements in order: climax, falling action, rising action, resolution, exposition.
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
500
What punctuation marks do you use to cite direct evidence from the text?
Quotation marks
500
STAAR is an acronym that stands for this.
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness?