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Unit One Review

4th Grade Literary Terms

TermDefinition
Author's purpose The reason an author has for writing: to entertain, persuade, explain, or describe something to the reader.
Drawing Conclusions Taking all of the information that you have and making a judgment about what it means.
Sequence of Events The order of which things happens.
Cause The reason that something happens
Alliteration The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
Effect What happens as a result of an event or action
Conclusion The end or outcome of a selection
Context Clues Clues or hints that a reader can get from other words or sentences in a selection.
Main Idea The author's message about the topic.
Metaphor Compares two unlike objects without using "like" or "as" to describe a person, place, thing, or action. (Her hands were ice.)
Idiom Common expression that cannot be taken literally
Fact A statement that can be proved by checking in reference books or other sources. It can be measured, weighed, or counted
Onomatopoeia Words that sound like what they describe
Opinion States a personal belief or judgment. It cannot be proved; it is what someone feels, thinks, or believes.
Personification Nonhuman t hings given human qualities
Predict Guess what will happen next based on what you read and your own experiences
Setting Where and when a story takes place
Simile A comparison between two things that uses "like" or "as" to describe a person, place, thing, or action with a colorful phrase.
Exaggeration Going beyond or stretching the truth
Supporting Details Located in sentinels surrounding the topic sentence that relate to or support the topic sentence
Compare Finding ways things are alike. Authors do this to people, ideas, events, or things. Authors use words such as alike, same, both, similarly.
Contrast Finding ways things are different. Authors do this to people, events, things, or ideas. Authors use words such as but, however, on the other hand, and different.
Hyperbole An exaggeration or an overstatement.
Created by: JHaggard
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