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The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Theme
Purpose
Summary
Main Idea
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This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Narrative text
Expressive text
Expository text
Organizational patterns
3
What is a
metaphor
?
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
a comparison of two unlike things
an extreme exaggeration
4
Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Supporting facts
Main Purpose
Subtitles
Supporting details
5
Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
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Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a caption
additional information about the passage
subtitles
a summary
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Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Summary
Predictions
Drawing conlusions
Schema
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Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Historical fiction
Fiction
Realistic fiction
Traditional literature
9
A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Fiction
Drama
Poetry
Non-fition
10
Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Happily Ever After....
Verdict
Resolution
The End
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The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Hyperbole
Similie
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
12
What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Plot
Climax
Setting
Characters
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Define:
Onomatopoeia
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
an exaggeration
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
the use of words that imitate sounds
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Define:
Summary
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Alliteration
Storytelling
Exaggeration
Lying
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Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Poetry
Figurative language
Fiction
Imagery
17
What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Story
Purpose
Main Idea
Summary
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A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Adventure
Suspenseful
Fiction
Horror
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Chronological order
Problem and solution
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Personal narrative
Biography
Drama
Fiction
21
The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
1st person
3rd person
Point of View
Stalking
22
The word
convey
means.....
To present.
To discuss.
To tell.
To make important.
23
Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Legend
Folktale
Mystery
Fantasy
24
This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Compare and contrast
Sequential order
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
25
The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Autobiography
Article
Biography
Summary
26
Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Problem and solution
Text structure
Description
Sequential Order
27
Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Prediction
An inference
Context clues
Close reading
28
Define:
Procedural writing
a type of writing used to explain something to the reader
a type of writing used to persuade or convince the reader
a type of writing to inform a reader about a topic
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something.
29
A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Science Fiction
Folklore
Myth
Fable
30
Define:
Genre
a summary of passages
a type of book
a type of literature
a mode of reading
31
Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Myth
Science fiction
Historical fiction
Realistic fiction
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What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Text features
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Extra information
Non-ficiton
33
The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
Point of view
Summary
Author's purpose
The main message
34
This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Fiction
Non-fiction
Personal narrative
Poetry
35
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Assonance
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
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The way that a story is organized is called-
Text structure
Story form
Organizational pattern
Beginning, middle and end
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Sensory language
Imagery
Figurative language
Poetry
38
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Props
Dialogue
The narrator
Stage directions
39
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Resolution
disagreement
Conflict
Issue
40
Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Resolution
Setting
Characters
Problem
41
When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Psychic Flash
Prediction
42
Define:
Emphasize
to support
to close read
to predict
to bring attention to or show
43
Define:
Dialogue
a third person speaking to the reader
the story the narrator is telling
a conversation between two characters in a story
a character inner monologue
44
Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
Imagery
Figurative Language
Point of view
The narrator
45
A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Myths
Legends
Fairytale
Non-fiction
46
When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Conclusion
Inference
Summary
Prediction
47
A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Explanatory
Persuasive
Declarative
Informational
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Science fiction
Fairytale
Adventure
Mystery
