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terms and definitions
Question | Answer |
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Alliteration | constant sounds in words |
Atagonist | character in opposition to the protagonist |
Antonym | the oppostite of another word |
Author's purpose | skim the selection |
autobiography | story of a persons life written by the person |
Biography | story of a persons life written by another person |
Cause and Effect | cause statements stem for actions and events |
Characterization | the method an author uses to communicate information |
Climax | the moment when the action of the story comes to the highest point |
Compare and Contrast | show similarities/show differences |
Conclusion | end of a story |
Conflict | problem in the story |
Character vs. Character | conflict between characters |
Character vs. Nature | conflict between character and a force |
Character vs. Self | internal conflict |
Connections | text to self |
Contex Clues | info within the reading |
Dialogue | actual words the character speaks |
Evaluate | examine and judge |
Exposition | background info |
Exposition Text | text written to explain and convey info |
Fable | a narrative intended |
Fact vs. opinion | something that can be proven to be true |
Falling Action | following the climax |
Fiction | story that isn't true |
Figurative Language | language not taken literally |
Flashback | author interrupts the plot |
Folktales | stories passed through generations |
Foreshadowing | a writting technique that gives the readers clues about events |
Generalization | make assumptions |
Genre | catagories of literature |
Graphic Organizer | a diagram that is used to represent data |
Homonym | two or more words that are pronounced alike |
Hyperbole | an exaggerated statement |
Imagery | words or phrases |
Inference | reading between the lines |
Irony | a tone that is created |
Judge | to say if something is good or bad |
Limerick | humerous |
Metaphor | comparison between two unlike things |
Mood | feeling of a person |
Narrator | speaker of a story |
nonfiction | true story |
Onomatopoeia | Words whose sounds expresses their feelings |
Oxymoron | putting two words together |