Parts of Speech
The person or animal the narrative is about.
What is the character?
A comparison of two unlike quantities using like or as.
What is a simile?
Located under the title and gives additional information about the text.
What is the subtitle?
Something that is true and can be proven.
What is a fact?
A linking, helping, or action word
What is a verb?
Time and place are a part of this
What is the setting?
An expression in which one thing is spoken of as if it were another.
What is a metaphor?
Gives additional information to a photo.
What is a caption?
The most exciting part of the story or the turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
The major events in the narrative.
What is the plot?
Descriptions that are exaggerated statements.
What is hyperbole?
Helps us focus on important words or phrases so we'll remember them.
What is bold and italics?
The feelings that you experience as you read or the feelings the author is trying to send to you as you read.
What is mood or tone?
The problem and solution in the narrative.
What is the conflict and resolution?
An expression in which human characteristics are given to an animal, thing, or idea.
What is personification?
Helps us focus on the next topic that we'll read in the article.
What is a subheading?
A literary technique when a word or group of words appeals to one of the senses.
What is imagery?
The hidden message the author sends to the reader.
What is theme?
The baby was a monster because she didn't have a nap.
What is an example of metaphor?
Helps us locate specific topics in the text.
What is an index?
A method used to build suspense by providing hints of what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?