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A fictional story that uses supernatural beings to teach a moral or explain natural phenomena -
Science Fiction
Myth
Folklore
Fable
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Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words is known as-
Prediction
Context clues
An inference
Close reading
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Sentences that give you facts, descriptions & examples to help you understand the main idea is-
Subtitles
Main Purpose
Supporting details
Supporting facts
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The story of a person's life written by someone else using 3rd person point of view is called -
Article
Summary
Biography
Autobiography
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What a piece of writing or paragraph is mainly about is called the ______________.
Purpose
Story
Summary
Main Idea
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The message in a text that helps you understand more about life or human behavior is called ---
Purpose
Summary
Main Idea
Theme
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Which term compares two things by using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
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This type of text informs or explains an idea for a reader. It is called-
Narrative text
Expository text
Expressive text
Organizational patterns
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A story written to be performed by actors; a play is called a-
Personal narrative
Fiction
Biography
Drama
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The perspective from which a story is told is called ----
Point of View
Stalking
3rd person
1st person
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Instructions for actors and stage crew to follow are called -
Dialogue
Props
The narrator
Stage directions
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What is the events that make up a fictional story called?
Climax
Setting
Plot
Characters
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This pattern puts events in their correct order based upon the TIME in which they happened.
Problem and solution
Chronological order
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
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Complete the sentence:
______ is when & where the story takes place.
Setting
Resolution
Characters
Problem
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The words & details that appeal to a readers 5 senses is known as-
Imagery
Sensory language
Figurative language
Poetry
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Define:
Onomatopoeia
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
an exaggeration
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Complete the sentence:
_______ is the ending or final outcome of a story.
The End
Resolution
Verdict
Happily Ever After....
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The reason the author writes a certain type of text is known as---
Author's purpose
The main message
Summary
Point of view
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This organizational pattern shows all the ways that 2 or more things are similar and different.
Problem and solution
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
Sequential order
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When a reader uses clues from the text + what they already know to draw a conclusion is called-
Conclusion
Prediction
Summary
Inference
21
Complete the sentence:
______ is also known as the problem in the story.
Issue
disagreement
Conflict
Resolution
22
To say that something is bigger or greater than it really is; "to stretch the truth" is called-
Storytelling
Lying
Alliteration
Exaggeration
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Authors use this structure when giving directions or explaining things. It is called-
Problem and solution
Description
Text structure
Sequential Order
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Combining inferences you have made about the characters, setting, or plot to make a statement.
Schema
Drawing conlusions
Predictions
Summary
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A story in which events create a feeling of terror in both the characters and the reader.
Fiction
Suspenseful
Horror
Adventure
26
Which of the following terms gives human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
Assonance
Metaphor
Hyperbole
27
Define:
Procedural writing
a type of writing used to persuade or convince the reader
a type of writing used to explain something to the reader
a type of writing that tells "how to" do something.
a type of writing to inform a reader about a topic
28
The word
convey
means.....
To make important.
To tell.
To discuss.
To present.
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Define:
Genre
a type of literature
a type of book
a mode of reading
a summary of passages
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Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture is---
additional information about the passage
subtitles
a summary
a caption
31
Name the genre:
a story that may happen in real life with fictional characters or settings
Traditional literature
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
Fiction
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A story that presents a series of exciting events; often involves journeys or dangerous events.
Fairytale
Science fiction
Mystery
Adventure
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Name the genre:
a story with elements that are impossible; talking animals or magical powers
Fantasy
Folktale
Legend
Mystery
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The way that a story is organized is called-
Text structure
Organizational pattern
Story form
Beginning, middle and end
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When an author uses clues to help you figure out what events will happen later in the story is-
Psychic Flash
Foreshadowing
Prediction
Flashback
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Define:
Emphasize
to bring attention to or show
to close read
to predict
to support
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The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called---
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Similie
Alliteration
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Define:
Dialogue
a third person speaking to the reader
a character inner monologue
the story the narrator is telling
a conversation between two characters in a story
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Words and phrases that create _____ by using the 5 senses.
Figurative language
Fiction
Poetry
Imagery
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This type of writing describe people & places that are 'real' and events that really happened.
Personal narrative
Non-fiction
Poetry
Fiction
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Define:
Summary
a passage that tells you the supporting details of the story
a long passage that describes the main idea of the story.
a short passage that describes the climax of the story.
a short paragraph that tells the main events from the story.
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Fiction that involves an event in history. This genre is called-
Myth
Realistic fiction
Historical fiction
Science fiction
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A story that is imagined and has characters and events that could not exist in the real world.
Fairytale
Legends
Non-fiction
Myths
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A type of writing based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact.
Poetry
Drama
Fiction
Non-fition
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A type of writing used to persuade the reader of the author's point-of-view is called -
Explanatory
Declarative
Persuasive
Informational
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What are the parts of a text (table of contents, index, etc) called?
Extra information
Text features
Words, commas, periods and dialouge
Non-ficiton
47
Language that helps a reader to visualize the events from a text in a better way is called-
The narrator
Figurative Language
Imagery
Point of view
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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
