7th ELAR Vocabulary | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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Explain what a cause and effect organizational pattern means.

A story or informational text is plot or topic is structured by the cause(s) and the effect(s)..

Why would an author use 1st person point of view?

so the reader can understand the perspective and experiences of the character narrating the story

In a fictional text, what is the purpose or function of the EXPOSITION?

the author introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

In a fictional plot, what does FALLING ACTION refer to?

the events that happen after the CLIMAX that lead to the RESOLUTION

Why would an author use 3rd person LIMITED point of view?

so the reader understands the main characters inner feelings and thoughts

In fictional plot, what does RESOLUTION refer to?

the final outcome of the events and conflict of the story

Figurative language that exaggerates a quantity or detail to emphasize a point

HYPERBOLE

Figurative language that compares two unlike things using like or as

SIMILE

The author's intended message of a fiction, drama, or poem

theme

Explain what a chronological organizational pattern means.

Story or information is told in the order that it happened; first, second, last

Figurative language that compares two unlike things NOT using like or as

metaphor

Why would an author use 3rd person OMNISCIENT point of view?

so the reader would understand what all the characters are thinking and feeling

Explain a problem/solution organizational pattern.

In a text, the author organizes their work by first explaining the problem and then giving the solution to that problem.

In a fictional text, what is the RISING ACTION?

the events that happen surrounding the conflict and character development that leads to the CLIMAX of the story

Putting the text in your own words

paraphrase

A shortened version or retelling of the main points or events of a text

summary

Figurative language that gives non-human things human-like qualities

personification

In a fictional text, what does CLIMAX refer to?

the turning point; the point where the conflict leads to a major event that affects the characters the most

Why would an author use 3rd person OBJECTIVE point of view?

so the reader can draw their own conclusions and can consider many perspectives

A sound device often used in poetry where the word mimics a sound (i.e. the BUZZ of the crowd)

onomatopoeia