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100
The chain of events that make up a story.
What is a plot?
100
Telling how things are different
What is contrast?
100
to use story clues to anticipate what might happen next
What is predict?
100
Things that describe a character
What is character traits?
100
to read between the lines; figure out something not directly stated in the text
What is to infer?
200
When and where the action of the story takes place
What is setting?
200
Telling how things are alike or similar
What is compare?
200
a statement that can be proven true
What is a fact?
200
Letters attached to the beginning or end of a word: prefixes and suffixes
What is affixes?
200
comparing two things by stating one thing is another
What is a metaphor?
300
The moment when you learn how the conflict turns out; occurs toward the end of the story.
What is the climax?
300
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word.
What is alliteration?
300
Statement that states someone's belief, what someone thinks
What is opinion?
300
Use of facts and inferences to make a judgment or decision
What is drawing conclusions?
300
to break something down into parts to examine its nature
What is to analyze?
400
Information from the surrounding words or sentences that helps give meaning to a specific word.
What is context clues?
400
Compares two things using like or as
What is a simile?
400
What a text is mostly about; the most important point about the topic.
What is main idea?
400
Parts of a text that show special features and organize text to help readers locate infomation.
What is text features?
400
struggle between two forces; can be internal or external.
What is conflict?
500
Define Resolution
What is the final part of the plot; the end of the story?
500
The following sentence includes THIS type of figurative language. The tree's leaves whispered their sorrows to me.
What is personification?
500
Narrator tells story about someone else; uses "he" and "she".
What is 3rd Person Point of View?
500
The author's purpose for writing is to PIE. Identify each letter and what it stands for.
What is P= to persuade, I= to inform, and E= to entertain?
500
show a relationship between two things
What is an analogy?