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The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
3rd person
Stalking
1st person
Point of View
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Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Problem and solution
Sequential Order
Description
Text structure
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The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Similie
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When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Prediction
Psychic Flash
Flashback
Foreshadowing
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This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Personal narrative
Fiction
Non-fiction
Poetry
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A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Drama
Poetry
Fiction
Non-fition
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What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Purpose
Summary
Story
Main Idea
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Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Historical fiction
Myth
Realistic fiction
Science fiction
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Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Mystery
Fantasy
Legend
Folktale
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Imagery
Figurative language
Poetry
Sensory language
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The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Main Idea
Theme
Summary
Purpose
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The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Summary
Biography
Article
Autobiography
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Define:
Summary
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
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Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Characters
Setting
Problem
Resolution
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Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Dialogue
Props
The narrator
Stage directions
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When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Conclusion
Prediction
Inference
Summary
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A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Fairytale
Legends
Myths
Non-fiction
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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Exaggeration
Lying
Alliteration
Storytelling
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The word
convey
means.....
To discuss.
To make important.
To tell.
To present.
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Define:
Genre
a mode of reading
a summary of passages
a type of book
a type of literature
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A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Fable
Science Fiction
Myth
Folklore
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Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Fiction
Figurative language
Imagery
Poetry
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This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Sequential order
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
24
Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Supporting facts
Main Purpose
Supporting details
Subtitles
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Define:
Dialogue
the story the narrator is telling
a conversation between two characters in a story
a character inner monologue
a third person speaking to the reader
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Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
Fiction
Traditional literature
27
This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Organizational patterns
Narrative text
Expository text
Expressive text
28
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Hyperbole
Assonance
Metaphor
Personification
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A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Declarative
Informational
Explanatory
Persuasive
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Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Drawing conlusions
Summary
Predictions
Schema
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Fairytale
Mystery
Science fiction
Adventure
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Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Simile
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Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a summary
a caption
subtitles
additional information about the passage
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Chronological order
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Problem and solution
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Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Prediction
Context clues
Close reading
An inference
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Define:
Onomatopoeia
the use of words that imitate sounds
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
an exaggeration
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Personal narrative
Fiction
Drama
Biography
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Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Resolution
The End
Verdict
Happily Ever After....
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Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Issue
Conflict
disagreement
Resolution
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Define:
Emphasize
to predict
to close read
to support
to bring attention to or show
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Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
Imagery
Figurative Language
The narrator
Point of view
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Define:
Procedural writing
a type of writing used to explain something to the reader
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something.
a type of writing to inform a reader about a topic
a type of writing used to persuade or convince the reader
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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
The main message
Point of view
Summary
Author's purpose
44
The way that a story is organized is called-
Story form
Beginning, middle and end
Text structure
Organizational pattern
45
What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Text features
Extra information
Non-ficiton
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
46
What is a
metaphor
?
an extreme exaggeration
a comparison of two unlike things
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
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What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Plot
Climax
Characters
Setting
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A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Adventure
Fiction
Suspenseful
Horror
