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To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Alliteration
Lying
Exaggeration
Storytelling
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Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
Happily Ever After....
The End
Resolution
Verdict
3
The way that a story is organized is called-
Organizational pattern
Story form
Text structure
Beginning, middle and end
4
Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Dialogue
Props
The narrator
Stage directions
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The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Purpose
Theme
Summary
Main Idea
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The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Biography
Summary
Article
Autobiography
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A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Suspenseful
Adventure
Fiction
Horror
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Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Main Purpose
Subtitles
Supporting facts
Supporting details
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The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
Stalking
1st person
Point of View
3rd person
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What is a
metaphor
?
a comparison of two unlike things
a repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
comparing two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
an extreme exaggeration
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Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Assonance
Personification
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Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Sequential Order
Text structure
Problem and solution
Description
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The word
convey
means.....
To make important.
To tell.
To discuss.
To present.
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Define:
Emphasize
to bring attention to or show
to support
to close read
to predict
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Biography
Personal narrative
Drama
Fiction
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Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Fantasy
Mystery
Folktale
Legend
17
Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Setting
Problem
Characters
Resolution
18
Define:
Onomatopoeia
an exaggeration
the use of words that imitate sounds
the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words
uses the words "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things
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Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Imagery
Poetry
Figurative language
Fiction
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A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Legends
Fairytale
Myths
Non-fiction
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A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Fable
Science Fiction
Myth
Folklore
22
Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Prediction
Context clues
Close reading
An inference
23
What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Non-ficiton
Text features
Extra information
24
Define:
Procedural writing
a type of writing used to persuade or convince the reader
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something.
a type of writing used to explain something to the reader
a type of writing to inform a reader about a topic
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Define:
Dialogue
a character inner monologue
the story the narrator is telling
a conversation between two characters in a story
a third person speaking to the reader
26
This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Non-fiction
Fiction
Poetry
Personal narrative
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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
The main message
Author's purpose
Summary
Point of view
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This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Narrative text
Organizational patterns
Expository text
Expressive text
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Poetry
Imagery
Figurative language
Sensory language
30
Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Predictions
Summary
Drawing conlusions
Schema
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A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Poetry
Non-fition
Fiction
Drama
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What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Setting
Characters
Climax
Plot
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When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Prediction
Conclusion
Summary
Inference
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Chronological order
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
35
Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
a caption
a summary
additional information about the passage
subtitles
36
Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Historical fiction
Myth
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
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Define:
Genre
a mode of reading
a type of book
a summary of passages
a type of literature
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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
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Science fiction
Adventure
Mystery
Fairytale
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Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Onomatopoeia
Metaphor
Simile
Alliteration
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When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Psychic Flash
Prediction
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This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Sequential order
Compare and contrast
43
What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Story
Summary
Purpose
Main Idea
44
Define:
Summary
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a short passage that describes the climax 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.
45
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
disagreement
Issue
Conflict
Resolution
46
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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A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Declarative
Explanatory
Persuasive
Informational
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The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Similie
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
