going back to something that happened previously

the moral or lesson learned in a story

words or phrases that appeal to your 5 senses

gives the main idea and important details

repetition of consonant sounds, a tongue twister

person or force that works against the hero

a writers story of his or her own life

words or phrases that give meaning to unknown words

the part of a book that tells you chapters and contents

words that sound like their meaning

the story is an imaginary place and involves super powers

First Person Point of View

narrator is the character, uses I

a feeling excitement or curiousity

anything that is true and involves facts

the people/animals in the story

techniques a writer uses to create a character

language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning

a writers account of someone else's life

what a piece of writing is mostly about

a made up story that is based on a real time place

an abc listing of terms and definitons in the back

comparing two things using like or as

writing that is made up but could be real

comparison of two things as if one were the other

uses colorful, rhythmic lanugage and often rhymes

the dictionary definition of a word

previous knowledge combined with clues from text

based on imaginary scientic elements

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Connotation
clues about the word
the feeling a word gives you
the definiton of a word
a type of bread
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Flashback
using like or as
going back to something that happened previously
a prediction
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Theme
the moral or lesson learned in a story
the people in the story
an idea of a story
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Imagery
words or phrases that appeal to your 5 senses
nouns
something that makes the character likeable
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Summary
a genre
gives the main idea and important details
what the passage is mostly about
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Free Verse
a three lined poem about nature
a 5 line poem that is funny
fun poetry to write!
poetry that has no rule
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Alliteration
giving non human objects human qualities
repetition of consonant sounds, a tongue twister
not using like or as
using like or as
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Antagonist
one of the people in the story
person or force that works against the hero
the good guy in the story
the high point in story
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Autobiography
a writers story of his or her own life
someone else writng a story about another life
a fiction book
a genre
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Context Clues
words or phrases that give meaning to unknown words
clues a detectives uses to solve a crime
the main idea of a passage
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Foreshadowing
to predict what will happen
a flashback
words that appeal to your senses
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Conflict
the theme
a problem in the story
a character in the story
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Fiction
a theme
a type of poetry
stories that are NOT true
stories that ARE true
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Genre
a style of writing
a book of poems
a classifcation of literature
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Climax
the characters in a story
the setting of the story
the turning point of the story
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Table of Contents
the theme of a book
the part of a book that tells you chapters and contents
the back of a book using page numbers
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Onomatopoeia
words that appeal to your senses
a simile
a metaphor
words that sound like their meaning
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Fantasy
a made up story that could be real
a story passed down
the story is an imaginary place and involves super powers
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First Person Point
of View
narrarator outside the story
narrator is the character, uses I
uses YOU
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Suspense
a feeling excitement or curiousity
a genre
a dramatic play
a mystery story
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Non-Fiction
a poem
a style of writing
anything that is true and involves facts
a strory that is NOT true
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Character
time and place
the people/animals in the story
the main character
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Characterization
a moral of the story
techniques a writer uses to create a character
the theme
talking about a character
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Figurative Language
fiction
language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning
words used in non fiction
a simile
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Biography
a story of his or her own life
a writers account of someone else's life
a genre
a style of writing
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Main Idea
what a piece of writing is mostly about
words that mean the same
a type of literature
a describing word
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Historical Fiction
a made up story that is based on a real time place
a story that is passed down from your mother
a non fiction article
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Hyperbole
not using like or as
extreme exaggeration
giving a non human thing a human quality
an analogy
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Haiku
4 lined poem about nature
a 3 lined poem about nature
a funny poem
like lyrics in a song
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Synonyms
words that mean the same
words that mean the opposite
a type of spice
adjectives
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Glossary
an abc listing of terms and definitons in the back
a list of chapters in the book
the captions under photos
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Antonyms
words that mean the same
words that mean the opposite
adjectives
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Protagonist
the bad guy
the main good guy in the story
the setting
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Simile
comparing two things using like or as
not comparing anything at all
the moral of a story
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Realistic Fiction
an autobiography
writing that is made up but could be real
writing about something that actually happened
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Metaphor
comparison of two things as if one were the other
an allusion
extreme exaggeration
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Poetry
uses colorful, rhythmic lanugage and often rhymes
a list of poems
anything tha is true-facts
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Denotation
the dictionary definition of a word
the feeling a word gives you
clues about a word
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Inference
words in a story
a heating device
previous knowledge combined with clues from text
clues surrounding a new word
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Science Fiction
a humorous story
based on imaginary scientic elements
shorter than a novel and with animals

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