Downs - Vocab test

Words from the text to that support your ideas/answers. (proof from the story)

language that means exactly what it says

to exceed or go beyond or be greater than before.

A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as

to run or move quickly or playfully

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Sequence of events

The narrator is a character in the story. The thoughts and feelings of other characters are not seen. (I, me, my, we)

A statement or sentence in an essay that summarizes the main points of what the essay will be about.

this "exits" the character. What a character says or does.

The moment when the problem in the story reaches its most exciting moment and everything in the story begins to change

a life lesson or message learned from a text that anyone can learn and apply to their own life. (the moral of the story)

A statement that tells what a passage is mostly about (also called the controlling idea or key idea)

When you reach a conclusion or can make an educated guess based on evidence from the text mixed with your own knowledge

Time and place of the story

A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.

to give an ugly expression as if in disgust or embarrassment.

walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort

writing or speech that you must "figure" out. It is not meant to be taken literally or exactly the way it is written.