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Creating a Focus
Question | Answer |
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the center of interest or attention | focus |
supporting details that are included in written material to explain the main idea of each paragraph or written work | content |
a kind of text organization that arranges events in the order in which they happened | time order |
words that lead the reader from one idea to the next | transitional words |
the people in a story | characters |
the words spoken by the characters | dialogue |
where and when the story takes place | setting |
the events that happen in a story | plot |
the overalll point or meaning of the story | theme |
whether the story is told from the viewpoint of the author (third-person) or of one of the characters (first-person) | point-of-view |
a pattern of sounds in a poem or sentence | rhythm |
the use of words that start with the same sound | alliteration |
a comparison of two unlike things using like or as | simile |
a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as | metaphor |
describing an object as it were human or had human qualities | personification |
an exaggeration, usually for comic effect | hyperbole |