Lit Term Review

Question 1

To make an inference, you need information from the text and...

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background knowledge

Question 2

Sometimes there's an unknown word in text. We can look for synonyms, antonyms, examples, and definitions. There are...

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context clues

Question 3

When you looking for exact information from the text, you are looking for...

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context clues

Question 4

Pictures, maps, captions, and highlighting are examples of...

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text features

Question 5

The lesson that can learned in a story is called the plot.

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False

Question 6

You can tell who the narrator of the story is by looking for...

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pronouns and dialogue

Question 7

The way the author organizes the text is the...

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text structure

Question 8

Words or phrases used in a non-literal way are called...

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figurative language

Question 9

Autobiographies are fiction.

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False

Question 10

Which is NOT figurative language.

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I love your sweater!

Question 11

The sequence of events in a story. This moves the story along and has a beginning, middle, and end.

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plot

Question 12

Realistic fiction, biography, fantasy, expository text are examples of...

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genres

Question 13

How authors feel about a topic or how characters feel in a text is called...

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point of view

Question 14

What is it called when you retell the most important parts of a story in your own words?

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summarizing

Question 15

Talking between characters is a story is called...

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dialogue

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