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Literary Terms - Q1
Lit terms and definitions
Question | Answer |
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Antonym | A word that is the opposite of another word. |
DESCRIBE | tell about the character's personality or how they look |
CHARACTERS | People and animals the book is about |
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE | the reason for writing the selection is this purpose to entertain, to inform, or to persuade? Skim the selection and attempt to determine the authors purpose before you read the selection |
BIOGRAPHY | The story of a persons life written by another person. |
SEQUENCE | Order of events in a story |
FICTION | Stories that are made up and not real. |
NONFICTION | Stories that are true and have facts. |
Speaker | The one telling the story |
CONCLUSION | the end of the selection- ENDING |
CONFLICT | The problem |
FABLE | A narrative intended to teach a lesson,or moral, to the reader. |
GENRE | Types of books |
NARRATOR | The speaker of the story. |
PREDICTION | Making an educated guess as to what will happen next. |
SETTING | When and where is the story taking place |
SIMILE | A comparison between two unlike things using like or as. |
SYNONYM | Two or more words which have highly similar meanings. |
THEME | The story's message |
PERSUADE | convince you |
COMPARE | SAME OR IN COMMON |
POINT OF VIEW | PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH STORY IS TOLD |
FIRST PERSON | PERSON TELLING THE STORY USES I, MY, MINE |
THIRD PERSON | NARRATOR OR AUTHOR TELLING STORY USING, HE, SHE, HIS, HER |
TRAIT | SOMETHING THAT DESCRIBES THE PERSONALITY OF THE CHARACTER |
PERSONIFICATION | A NONHUMAN THING IS TALKED ABOUT AS IF IT WERE A HUMAN |
ONOMATOPOEIA | WORDS USED TO STAND FOR SOUND |
INFERENCE | USING CLUES PLUS YOUR BRAIN TO MAKE A GUESS |
IMAGERY | USING THE FIVE SENSES TO CREAT A "MENTAL PICTURE" FOR THE READER |
PLOT | SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IN A STORY |
CAUSE AND EFFECT | THE REASON SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THE RESULTS |
CAPTION | WORDS THAT EXPLAIN A PICTURE |
MAIN IDEA | THE "BIG" IDEA OF A PARAGRAPH |
GLOSSARY | SMALL DICTIONARY AT THE BACK OF A BOOK |