PARCC Prep

The high points of the action where conflict is dealt with.

A general conclusion about something you know; some are not exactly true.

Writing that comes from an author's imagination.

The order in which things happen.

Describes a selection briefly, using only the most important details.

A sound device where words sound like what they describe. (Moo)

A personal belief that not everyone may share.

Figurative language giving human qualities to nonhuman things.

Words that have the opposite meaning.

The name of a book.

Why something happens.

A sound device where the words begin with the same sound. (Peter Piper picked a peck).

When and where a story takes place.

Part of the plot; or the main problem in the story.

Figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as".

A statement that can be proven and is always true.

When the lines of a poem end with the same sound.

The general idea that the authors wants reader to understand about life.

Figurative language that would not make sense if taken literally.  (Raining cats and dogs)

To identify how two things are "alike".

Figurative language that compares two things without using the words "like" or "as".

The label that tells what an illustration is about.

To identify how things are "different".

What happens as a result of a cause.

A writing about fictual or true things.

Words that have the same meaning.