To look for differences
Effect
Cause
Compare
Contrast
The central message of a text
Theme
Main Idea
Central Idea
Lesson
The emotion or judgement that a word expresses
Denotation
Connotation
Reference
Definition
What element of writing should begin the story and grab readers' attention?
details
dialogue
lead
conclusion
A type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
Point of View when the narrator tells the story but is not in the story AND knows thoughts and feelings of any character
3rd Person Omniscient
3rd Person Limited
1st Person
2nd Person
The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved
Beginning
Introduction
Conclusion
Exposition
The main part of a word
Root
Ending
Prefix
Suffix
The person who tells a story
Protagonist
Antagonist
Narrator
Character
A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem
Character
Protagonist
Plot
Resolution
Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text
Fact
Dialogue
Inference
Opinion
The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve
Climax
Problem
Plot
Resolution
"The warm fireplace pulled me close." is an example of
simile
metaphor
alliteration
personification
The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
Text Structure
Point of View
Author's Purpose
Claim
The most important idea in a text (main idea)
Thesis
Central Idea
Conclusion
Main Points
A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
The result of a cause
Effect
Compare
Contrast
Cause
Point of View in which the narrator is in the story AND uses the pronouns I, me, my
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
1st Person
2nd Person
A word that is used in place of a noun
Adjective
Noun
Pronoun
Verb
"After the race I slept for a week!" is an example of
personifcation
alliteration
hyperbole
sleeping
What ALWAYS needs to be capitalized in a sentence?
The first letter of the first word
The word "I"
Proper Nouns
All of these
"My mom is my rock." is an example of
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
comparison
The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place at the end of the story
Resolution
Climax
Exposition
Introduction
To look for similarities
Contrast
Effect
Compare
Cause
To restate the main points of a text
Main Points
Summarize
Main Idea
Evidence
"Can cats consume compost?" is an example of...
hyperbole
personification
similie
alliteration
Where and when a story takes place
Plot
Resolution
Setting
Theme
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
Personification