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Review for 6th Language Arts
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Conflict is..
part of the rising action
The problem in a story
The idea of a story
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Conflict is...
The message, lesson, or central of a work
The problem in the story
Finding a solution to a problem
Where and when the story takes place
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PLOT
Exposition, Rising Action,Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
To give special importance to
The turning point in a story
The story
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Sensory Details
Using details
Writing that uses 5 senses, helps the reader visualize
Prefix and Suffixes in the story
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Autobiography is ...
a person’s life written by that person in first personPOV
The time order in which events happened
Writing that tells how to do something
Brief statement with details of the main events of a story
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Cause and Effect is...
What happened and why it happened
To point out or show
To follow an order
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Persuasive is...
person’s life written by that person in 1st person POV
Used to convince the reader of the writer’s point of view
The time order in which events happened
A beginning or coming to being
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Rising Action is..
The turning point of the story, the worst the problem gets
All events leading to the climax,
Characters, goals, and setting are introduces in a story
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Text Structure
The way the author has organized information in the text
Inference
The main idea
lesson learned
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Internal Rhyme
When two words rhyme in the same line of poetry
The pattern of the rhyme in a poem (abab, aabb)
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Metaphor is...
Comparison using like or as
Comparison by saying something “Is” something
Words whose sounds suggest its meaning
Giving human qualities to non-human things
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Setting is ...
The message, lesson, or central of a work
Brief statement with details of the main events of a story
Where and when the story takes place
Finding a solution to a problem
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Convey is..
To communicate or express
A type of literature (categories of books)
When a portion of the story goes back in time
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Compare is...
Describing how things are alike
Describing how things are different
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Main idea is...
Summary
What a piece of writing is mainly about
The message, lesson, or central of a work
Brief statement with details of the main events of a story
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Procedural is...
A beginning or coming to being
The time order in which events happened
Writing that tells how to do something
Writing that tells how to do something
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3rd person Omniscient is..
Knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters
Knows the thoughts and feelings of one character
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1st Person POV...
Uses pronouns “you” and “your”
using the pronouns “I”, “me”, “we” & “us”
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character
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Synonym is...
Words that same the same meaning
Words that have different meaning
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Foreshadow is...
When a portion of the story goes back in time
events that will happen later or in the future of a story
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Simile is...
Comparison by saying something “Is” something
Words whose sounds suggest its meaning
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Comparison using like or as
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Theme
When and where the story takes place
Central idea, moral of the story or the lesson learned
The person who is telling the story, the speaker
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Exposition is..
The turning point of the story, the worst the problem gets
Characters, goals, and setting are introduces in a story
All events leading to the climax,
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3rd Person POV Limited
Knows the thoughts and feelings of every character
Knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character
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Theme is...
Where a story takes place
Time order
The message, lesson learned, or central of a work
Central Idea
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Summary is...
The problem in the story
Where the story takes place
Brief statement with details of the main events of a story
What a piece of writing is mainly about
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Authors Purpose is...
Instructions for actors & stage crew, written in italics
A conversation between two characters
(persuade, inform, entertain, express)
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Contrast is...
Describing how things are alike
Describing how things are different
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Free Verse is ...
A conversation between two characters
Instructions for actors & stage crew, written in italics
does not contain regular patterns of rhythm or rhyme
When two words rhyme in the same line of poetry
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Biography is...
The story of a person told in 1st person
The history of a person
The story of a person told by another person
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Antagonist
The Character that has a problem with the main character
The main character in the story
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Prefix is...
letters added to the end, changes the words meaning
letters added to the beginning, changes the words meaning
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POV is ...
narrator focuses on the thoughts & feelings of 1 character
The perspective from which a story is told
Uses pronouns “you” and “your
using the pronouns “I”, “me”, “we” & “us”
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Chronological order is...
Fairy Tale Ending
The time order in which events happened
Tells you how to do something
The problem and solution
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Emphasize
Central idea, moral of the story or the lesson learned
To give special importance to
The person who is telling the story, the speaker
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Personification is...
Words whose sounds suggest its meaning
Giving human qualities to non-human things
An extravagant exaggeration that can’t possibly be true
Comparison using like or as
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Hyperbole is...
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Words whose sounds suggest its meaning
Comparison by saying something “Is” something
An extravagant exaggeration that can’t possibly be true
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Stage Directions
Instructions for actors & stage crew, written in italics
When two words rhyme in the same line of poetry
A conversation between two characters
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Idiom is...
An extravagant exaggeration that can’t possibly be true
different than the literal meaning of the individual words
Words whose sounds suggest its meaning
Comparison by saying something “Is” something
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Inference is...
Guess
using prior knowledge and textual evidence
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Alliteration is...
When you exaggerate
When you say something IS something else
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds
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Onomatopoeia
An extravagant exaggeration that can’t possibly be true
Words whose sounds suggest its meaning
Giving human qualities to non-human things
Comparison by saying something “Is” something
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Suffix
letters added to the end, changes the words meaning
letters added to the beginning, changes the words meaning
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Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of the rhyme in a poem (abab, aabb)
A conversation between two characters
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Flashback is...
When a portion of the story goes back in time
events that will happen later or in the future of a story
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Resolution is ...
Finding a solution to a problem
Brief statement with details of the main events of a story
Figurative Language
What a piece of writing is mainly about
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Context Clues
words that give clues to what the story might be about
Clues that help the reader find the meaning of unknown word
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Setting is..
Exposition, Rising Action,Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
When and where the story takes place
The lesson learned
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Sequence is...
A series of steps that include dates
To point out or show
To follow an order
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Text Features is...
what happens and why it happens
These include the table of contents, index, glossary, etc.
a feature included in fictional text
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Genre
When and where a story takes place
A type of literature (categories of books)
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Narrator is...
The person telling the story
The main character
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Protagonist
The Character that has a problem with the main character
The main character in the story
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Dialogue
The pattern of the rhyme in a poem (abab, aabb)
When two words rhyme in the same line of poetry
A conversation between two characters
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2nd Person POV
Uses pronouns “you” and “your”
The perspective from which a story is told
focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character
repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
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Summarize
A way to re-tell a story using most important events
The main character in the story
Main idea
