Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's 5 senses

giving person like qualities to a thing, giving person like qualities to an object, giving person like qualities to an animal

Will I work hard, think carefully, and prove my answers on the STAAR?

Duh! Of course!, You betcha!, I better!, No doubt!

A piece of information that supports your point

evidence, proof, facts, corroborating clues

The author's key idea provides the reader with the author's ______

What it's mostly about, main idea

emphasizes or emphasized means

to make important, to highlight

When you describe, you ...

help the reader visualize the story, help the reader picture what is happening

Characters who are defined by a single trait.

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Message about life and human nature that the author is sharing with the reader.
Plot
Theme
Purpose
Central Idea
2
Conjunctions help to connect...
sentences and phrases
punctuation
inferences
paragraphs
3
Conflicts with another character are ______.
External
Internal
4
An example of dialect is ____.
you all
ya'll
you's
you
5
The final outcome of a story
Last rights
Final Countdown
Resolution
Last Call
6
To retell the main parts or ideas from a text in your own words
Summary
Text Evidence
Theme
Main Idea
7
To win someone over or to convince is to _____.
whine
complain
persuade
cajole
8
Words that may not literally mean what they say
sensory language
figurative language
funny language
flowery language
9
To show or point out what is not seen is to ____.
find
give
reveal
hide
10
Major divisions in a play
Section
Division
Partial
Act
11
A clear understanding
Insight
Simile
Onomatopeia
Instead
12
Take individual pieces of information and combine them to gain better understanding
Not me!
Synthesize
Nope!
Not even!
13
Imagery
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's 5 senses
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's 15 Senses
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's 55 Senses
Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's 25 Senses
14
Relationship between words
Idiom
Theme
Simile
Analogy
15
personification
giving person like qualities to a thing
giving person like qualities to a person
giving person like qualities to an object
giving person like qualities to an animal
16
Stating your position and supporting it with reasons or evidence
Debates
Facts
Aurguments
Opinions
17
Falling Action
The plot begins to open.
The plot begins to go sideways.
The plot begins to go backwards.
The plot begins to close.
18
To follow is to
come before
to be next
come after
be in the middle
19
A statement of belief based on evidence, experience, and reasoning at the end of the story
caption
prediction
conclusion
inference
20
Part of the plot that builds toward the conflict or the climax
Rising Action
Climax
Resolution
Falling Action
21
One or more lines repeated in each stanza in a poem
Refrain
Alliteration
Verse
Stanza
22
Story Elements
Characters
Setting
Metaphor
Conflict
23
Her hand is as cold as ice.
personification
metaphor
simile
idiom
24
Written conversation between two or more characters
NOt me!
Dialect
Dippity Doo
Dialogue
25
Will I work hard, think carefully, and prove my answers on the STAAR?
Duh! Of course!
You betcha!
I better!
No doubt!
26
To examine carefully and judge the value or worth of something
Include
Ever
Clue
Evaluate
27
Rhythm in a poem gives a _____ quality.
rhyme
interesting
musical
happy
28
A piece of information that supports your point
evidence
proof
facts
corroborating clues
29
Word meanings that suggest something other than their literal meaning
I'm not the right answer.
Connotations
Don't Pick Me.
Don't Pick me, either.
30
To contrast is to ...
find the ways
find the similarities
find the occurences
find the differences
31
Great exaggeration used to emphasize a point
Idiom
Hyperbole
Simile
Metaphor
32
When you analyze a story, you break it up into ____ and _____ it.
parts and mark
sections and hear
parts and examine
pieces and read
33
A group of lines that form a unit in a poem.
paragraph
rhyme scheme
verse
stanza
34
The point of greatest interest in the story
Exposition
Falling Action
Rising Action
Climax
35
To point or to show
indicate
give
infer
present
36
The author's key idea provides the reader with the author's ______
reason
What it's mostly about
main idea
main sentence
37
emphasizes or emphasized means
to ignore
to make important
to highlight
to hide
38
Helps prove your claim
Proof
Evidence
Opinion
Support
39
Stated clearly and in detail
Implicit
Explicit
40
A form of literature performed by actors for an audience
haiku
poem
drama
ode
41
Uses like or as to compare two things
metaphor
simile
personification
idiom
42
The feeling created in a story by the author is the ...
theme
main idea
topic
mood
43
When you describe, you ...
help the reader get an idea
help the reader visualize the story
help the reader picture what is happening
help the reader make a plot
44
The reason the author wrote the story is called the ___________.
author's story
author's persuasion
author's information
author's purpose
45
Can be proven or verified as true
opinion
non-fact
non-opinion
fact
46
3rd person Point of View Limited
Tells you what to do
Only knows what they see.
Talks about themselves
Knows all, Sees all
47
The qualities shown by a character.
Character Emotions
Character traits
Character qualities
Character Actions
48
Point of View - Knows all, Sees all
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
1st Person
2nd Person
49
Repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word
simile
idiom
metaphor
alliteration
50
Stereotype
Character who are defined by all their traits
Characters who are defined by a single trait.
51
A force working against the main character
mytagonist
protagonist
whattagonist
antagonist
52
Key details help to _____ the central or main idea in an important way.
make
give
support
hide
53
A short story or brief piece of information
Thesaurus
Antidote
Dictionary
Anecdote
54
Transition words are
a, an, the, some, any
first, next, then, finally
who, what, when, where, why
me, you, him, her, it , us, them
55
Categories of literature
Main Idea
Theme
Genres
Literature
56
Artful and purposeful use of language is a ________.
literary device
story element
figurative language
rhyme scheme
57
You're a firework.
idiom
personification
metaphor
simile
58
Point of View - 2nd Person
You
He, She
They, Them
I, Me
59
A brief tale told to teach a lesson
Folk Tale
Fable
60
The power to affect or persuade
superpowers
influence
invitation
effects
61
To make part of the whole
Disagree
Include
Disavow
Agree
62
True account of a person's life written by another person.
Autobiography
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Biography
63
Epilogue
Pick A.
A is the best answer!
Yes, it's A.
A short speech by an actor at the end of the play
64
The main idea is found in the 5 W's.
Who, What , When, Where, Why
Which, When, Who, Will, Whose
When, Will, Why, Who, Who
Where, Which, Why, Won, Will
65
Writing that tells a story
Article
Diary Entry
Narrative
Recipe
66
A struggle between two forces
Theme
Conflict
Main Idea
Sequence of Events
67
To make known, to tell you
Contell
Convey
Convoy
Conveyer Belt
68
To compare is to ...
find the similarities
find the differences
find the alike
find the ways
69
Writing that tells about real people, places, and events
Pick Me!
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Fairy Tale
70
An imaginary story is a _____ one.
non-fiction
fiction
71
The author provides hints of future events in the story.
Back to the Future
Foreshadowing
Event Clues
Flashback
72
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
plot line
author's purpose
setting
fiction
73
What I think is called my ______.
fact
not your idea
fiction
opinion
74
A position on an issue or problem
Simile
Calm
Opinion
Claim
75
A rhyme scheme tells the _____ of rhyming words in a poem.
pattern
rhyme
sounds
listens
76
A traditional story that attempts to answer questions about nature and the origins of the world
Folk tale
Myth
Science Fiction
Fable
77
The main character in a work of fiction
Protagonist
Appletagonist
Antagonist
Zebratagonist
78
Silly Sarah Sue Sang
hyperbole
simile
alliteration
idiom
79
A reasonable guess about what will happen next is a ____
conclusion
guess
inference
prediction
80
To point out or bring attention to
Inference
Look at me!
Identify
Watch Out!
81
Words or phrases that surround a word to provide hints about the meaning (Oreo)
Theme
Context Clues
Definitions
Main Idea
82
To make more clear
verify
infer
instigate
clarify
83
Conflicts within the character are ______.
External
Internal
84
Not stated outright, but implied
Implicit
Explicit
85
Provides information about a graphic aid
chart
statement
photo
caption
86
The person who wrote the play
playrite
playwright
playwrite
playright
87
Examples of Conjunctions are ...
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
and, but, or, so
in, on, from, during
a, an, the, some, any
88
A surprise unexpected twist
Irony
Onomatopeia
Metaphor
Simile
89
To make a logical guess based on your knowledge and text evidence
Indecisive
In adn Out Burgers
Inference
Intelligence
90
The tone of a piece of writing tells how the writing...
looks
smells
sounds
moves
91
Perspective is
character traits
the person telling the story
point-of-view
theme
92
I caught a fish this big. (Hands outstretched)
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
idiom
93
Point of View - Uses I and me
1st Person
2nd Person
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
94
An account of a person's life written by that person.
Text idiom
Autobiography
Biography
Paragraph
95
Comparing two things that are not alike
idiom
simile
metaphor
personification
96
When one event brings about another event
cause-effect
affect-cause
cause-affect
effect-cause
97
A story passed down from generations by word of mouth
Fairy Tale
Fable
Science Fiction
Folktale
98
Where and when the story takes place is called the ____.
mood
setting
time
place
99
The lesson that the author is trying to get across to the reader.
Title
Plot
Theme
Message
100
Instructions given in a play to the actors
Stage Script
Stage Actors
Stage Directions
Stage Play

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