FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & AUTHOR’S CHOICES
A comparison that shows how two things are similar.
A. Analogy
B. Mood
C. Theme
D. Evidence
Events that build tension and lead to the climax.
A. Falling action
B. Rising action
C. Flashback
D. Resolution
A group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph.
A. Line
B. Stanza
C. Scene
D. Dialogue
The writer’s main idea or argument.
A. Evidence
B. Claim
C. Opinion
D. Fact
The people the author is trying to reach.
A. Speaker
B. Audience
C. Narrator
D. Character
Words that describe how something looks, sounds, smells, or feels.
A. Tone
B. Sensory language
C. Figurative language
D. Mood
When a story goes back to an earlier time.
A. Flashback
B. Foreshadowing
C. Climax
D. Rising action
The words characters say to each other in a play.
A. Stage directions
B. Dialogue
C. Scene
D. Stanza
Giving credit to where you found information.
A. Quoting
B. Citing sources
C. Evidence
D. Supporting detail
The main idea or lesson the author wants to share.
A. Tone
B. Message
C. Plot
D. Audience
The feeling or atmosphere a text creates for the reader.
A. Tone
B. Mood
C. Theme
D. Voice
When something happens that is the opposite of what you expect.
A. Theme
B. Irony
C. Conflict
D. Message
Instructions in a play telling actors what to do.
A. Dialogue
B. Stage directions
C. Scene
D. Staging
Facts or proof based on science.
A. Claim
B. Supporting detail
C. Scientific evidence
D. Opinion
The way a text is organized (cause/effect, sequence, etc.).
A. Text structure
B. Text features
C. Plot
D. Format
Words or phrases that are NOT meant to be taken literally.
A. Sensory language
B. Figurative language
C. Mood
D. Tone
A character who highlights another character’s traits by contrast.
A. Protagonist
B. Antagonist
C. Character foil
D. Narrator
The pattern of rhyming words at the end of lines in a poem (ex. AABB, ABAB, ABCABC).
A. Stanza
B. Rhyme scheme
C. Mood
D. Rhythm
A claim supported by reasons and evidence.
A. Fact
B. Argument
C. Opinion
D. Structure
The big idea that guides a piece of writing.
A. Thesis
B. Transitions
C. Conclusion
D. Evidence
The rhythm, tone, and expression used when reading aloud.
A. Mood
B. Prosody
C. Voice
D. Tone
A story told out of order with jumps in time.
A. Linear plot
B. Non-linear plot
C. Flashback
D. Rising action
The author’s attitude toward a subject.
A. Mood
B. Tone
C. Theme
D. Voice
The most important point in a informational text.
A. Theme
B. Key idea
C. Supporting detail
D. Evidence
The specific reason an author writes a text, such as to criticize, compare, or justify.
A. Tone
B. Audience
C. Author’s purpose
D. Controlling idea