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