When an object is used to represent a deeper meaning.

Something we can conclude based off of evidence

the main events of a novel; beginning, middle, and end

the change that is a result or consequence of the cause

Which of the following is a simile?

Kindness smells like lilacs on a warm summer day

an account of the main points of the story

What is author's purpose?

The reason the author writes the story

What is dramatic irony?

When the audience knows more than the characters

What is personification?

Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.

What is the antagonist/protagonist?

the major character/the person against the major character

What is foreshadowing?

When the story hints that something is going to happen

how the text makes the reader feel

Comparing two unlike things without using like or as

What does it mean to compare and contrast?

To find the similarities and differences between two things

The place where the story takes place

the author's expressed attitude or feeling

The lesson the author wants the reader to learn

What is point of view?

the view from which the story is narrated

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Convey =
credit
central
control
communicate
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What is symbolism?
When an object is used to represent a deeper meaning.
Where the story takes place
A memory from the past
How the story is written. How it "sounds"
3
What is an inference
What happens in the story
What we cannot conclude
Something we can conclude based off of evidence
How the story ends
4
What is plot?
the main character
the main events of a novel; beginning, middle, and end
the problem of the story
an object represents something greater than itself
5
What is an effect?
the change that is a result or consequence of the cause
the force that makes something happen
the manner in which the story was written
a little thing that adds to the story.
6
What is a character?
A person in the story
The result of what happens
Where the story takes place
What makes the story happen
7
What is the main idea?
the ending
the problem in the story
what happened in the story
the big point of the story
8
Which of the following is a simile?
Tommy's hair is a lion's mane
Kindness smells like lilacs on a warm summer day
I have a ton of HW tonight
Stop and smell the roses
9
What is summary?
a memory
little things that add to the story
what will happen in the future
an account of the main points of the story
10
What is author's purpose?
The reason the author writes the story
How the story is written
who tells the story
things that are true and things that are beliefs
11
What is conflict in a story?
something we can conclude
The solution
little things that add to the story
The main problem of the story
12
What is dramatic irony?
A play that ends on a cliffhanger
When the audience knows more than the characters
Sarcasm
When the opposite of what is expected occurs
13
What is personification?
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
How we learn about characters
Exaggeration for effect
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects.
14
What is a narrator?
how the story make you feel
Who tells the story
the way in which the events of a story happen
how the story develops
15
If it asks you how "it" DEVELOPS you think CHANGE?
NO
YES
16
What is a cause?
The result.
The central topic of the story.
The purpose of the story.
What makes something happen
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What is the antagonist/protagonist?
what creates something
the results of something
how the reader feels
the major character/the person against the major character
18
What should be in your thesis statement?
Just the topic
the central idea of the passage
Words from your prompt
Just the key details
19
What is foreshadowing?
What happened in the past
What is true and what is something people believe
Who is involved in the story
When the story hints that something is going to happen
20
What is mood?
the lesson of the story
how the text makes the reader feel
the perspective of the story
the authors manner of expression
21
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
Simile's best friend
Comparing to unlike things using like or as
Exaggerating for effect
22
When it says reveal you should think remake?
NO
YES
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What does it mean to compare and contrast?
the reason for writing a story
the central topic
To find the similarities and differences between two things
to think about what will happen
24
Which of these is not hyperbole?
I have a ton of homework!
My dog weighs like 50 billion pounds.
School is like a prison
The Cheetos are flaming hot!
25
Your writing reponse/essay should have how many paragraphs?
4
6
2
8
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What is setting?
The place where the story takes place
how the reader feels
the problem of the story
how the story is written
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What is tone?
the author's expressed attitude or feeling
what will happen
something many people believe
how the reader feels while reading
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What is theme?
The lesson the author wants the reader to learn
something we can guess
the use of words or phrases in a non-literal way
the central idea
29
What is point of view?
the view from which the story is narrated
where the story takes place
what is likely to happen next in the story
the meaning of the story
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Do you have to get Part A right do get credit for Part B?
YES
NO

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