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  • A word that is used in place of a noun
    Pronoun
    Adjective
    Verb
    Noun
  • The main reason an author has for writing a text. (to explain, express, inform, or persuade)
    Text Structure
    Author's Purpose
    Claim
    Point of View
  • A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as
    Personification
    Simile
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
  • To look for similarities
    Compare
    Contrast
    Cause
    Effect
  • Evidence that helps to convey the main idea of a text
    Dialogue
    Inference
    Opinion
    Fact
  • "The warm fireplace pulled me close." is an example of
    metaphor
    alliteration
    personification
    simile
  • 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 type of figurative language that makes a comparison without using like or as
    Simile
    Personification
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
  • Where and when a story takes place
    Theme
    Resolution
    Setting
    Plot
  • The emotion or judgement that a word expresses
    Definition
    Reference
    Denotation
    Connotation
  • The solution to the problem or the part of the plot that takes place at the end of the story
    Climax
    Exposition
    Introduction
    Resolution
  • The conflict in a story that its characters must resolve
    Climax
    Problem
    Plot
    Resolution
  • The result of a cause
    Effect
    Contrast 
    Compare
    Cause
  • The most important idea in a text (main idea)
    Thesis
    Central Idea
    Conclusion
    Main Points
  • The main part of a word
    Root
    Prefix
    Ending
    Suffix
  • To look for differences
    Compare
    Cause
    Effect
    Contrast
  • "After the race I slept for a week!" is an example of
    alliteration
    hyperbole
    sleeping
    personifcation
  • The end of a piece of writing that sums up the writer's main points; how a conflict is solved
    Beginning
    Conclusion
    Introduction
    Exposition
  • The central message of a text
    Theme
    Lesson
    Main Idea
    Central Idea
  • The person who tells a story
    Antagonist
    Protagonist
    Character
    Narrator
  • What element of writing should begin the story and grab readers' attention?
    conclusion
    dialogue
    lead
    details
  • A person, animal or other creature that takes part in the action of a story or poem
    Protagonist
    Character
    Resolution
    Plot
  • To restate the main points of a text
    Main Idea
    Summarize
    Main Points
    Evidence 
  • The series of related events that build toward the climax of a story 
    Resolution
    Introduction
    Rising Action
    Plot
  • A type of figurative language that attributes humanlike qualities to something that is nonhuman
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    Simile
    Personification
  • "My mom is my rock." is an example of
    simile
    hyperbole
    comparison
    metaphor
  • "Can cats consume compost?" is an example of...
    personification
    similie
    hyperbole
    alliteration
  • What ALWAYS needs to be capitalized in a sentence?
    Proper Nouns
    All of these
    The word "I"
    The first letter of the first word
  • 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
    1st Person
    3rd Person Limited
    2nd Person