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Words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses is known as ---
Fiction
Imagery
Poetry
Figurative language
2
When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Prediction
Foreshadowing
Psychic Flash
Flashback
3
What does it mean if a question asks you to
paraphrase
paragraph 6?
determine the text structure
identify the author's purpose
re-read the paragraph
summarize or restate it in different words
4
Authors use this structure when giving directions, telling in order, or explaining in steps.
Text structure
Sequential Order
Problem and solution
Description
5
Define:
Genre
a type of book
a mode of reading
a type of literature
a summary of passages
6
Complete the sentence:
_______ is the turning point of the story.
Rising Action
Climax
Exposition
Resolution
7
This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Chronological order
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
8
Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Problem
Resolution
Characters
Setting
9
A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Poetry
Fiction
Drama
Non-fition
10
What is a
metaphor
?
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
a comparison of two unlike things
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
an extreme exaggeration
11
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Myth
Folklore
Fable
Science Fiction
12
When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Summary
Inference
Conclusion
Prediction
13
What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Main Idea
Story
Summary
Purpose
14
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Issue
Resolution
disagreement
Conflict
15
The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Main Idea
Purpose
Theme
Summary
16
The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
Summary
Author's purpose
The main message
Point of view
17
Define:
Onomatopoeia
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
an exaggeration
the use of words that imitate sounds
18
This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Fiction
Personal narrative
Non-fiction
Poetry
19
Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Supporting facts
Subtitles
Supporting details
Main Purpose
20
The word
convey
means.....
To tell.
To make important.
To present.
To discuss.
21
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Assonance
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
22
The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Article
Biography
Autobiography
Summary
23
A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Biography
Drama
Fiction
Personal narrative
24
Define:
Dialogue
a character inner monologue
a conversation between two characters in a story
the story the narrator is telling
a third person speaking to the reader
25
Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Folktale
Mystery
Fantasy
Legend
26
The way that a story is organized is called-
Beginning, middle and end
Text structure
Organizational pattern
Story form
27
Define:
Emphasize
to support
to close read
to bring attention to or show
to predict
28
Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Prediction
Context clues
Close reading
An inference
29
Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a summary
subtitles
a caption
additional information about the passage
30
Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Resolution
The End
Happily Ever After....
Verdict
31
Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Realistic fiction
Traditional literature
Historical fiction
Fiction
32
This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Sequential order
Problem and solution
33
Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Realistic fiction
Myth
Science fiction
Historical fiction
34
What are the events that make up a fictional story called?
Characters
Climax
Plot
Setting
35
Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
Figurative Language
Literal Language
The narrator
Point of view
36
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
The narrator
Stage directions
Props
Dialogue
37
A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Declarative
Explanatory
Informational
Persuasive
38
Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Predictions
Schema
Drawing conlusions
Summary
39
What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Non-ficiton
Extra information
Text features
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
40
Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
41
This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Expository text
Organizational patterns
Expressive text
Narrative text
42
"Read the following
excerpt
from paragraph 9."
Define:
Excerpt.
The main idea of the passage.
The ending or conclusion of the passage.
The summary of the passage.
A piece or section from the passage.
43
The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Similie
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
44
To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Lying
Exaggeration
Storytelling
Alliteration
45
Define:
Summary
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
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The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
3rd person
1st person
Stalking
Point of View
