Literature Words 2

Hyperbole

• instructions to actors on how to speak and move

• a bad joke

• a scary part to the story

• exaggerated language or extreme exaggerations used to make something seem better or worse than it really is

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Visuals

• extreme exaggerations

• the lesson the author wants the reader to learn

• maps, charts, graphs, photos, and other images

• the table of contents

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Drama

• a story written to scare people

• a long story

• a short story

• a story written to be acted out

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Dialogue

• A disagreement between characters

• the spoken words of characters in a story or play

• the place where the story takes place

• maps, charts, and videos

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Stage directions

• the place where the story happens

• the end of the story

• the narrator of the story

• instructions to actors on how to speak and move

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Effect

• an event that makes something else happen

• what happens as a result of a cause

• what the story is about

• the person that wrote the story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

main idea

• the last chapter in the book

• the person that draws the pictures in the story

• third person

• what the story is all about

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Author's purpose

• the reason the author writes something

• the climax of the story

• maps, graphs, and charts

• an event that makes something else happen

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Cause

• the kind of story

• who is in the story

• the reason the author writes something

• an event that makes something else happen

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Idiom

• a phrase that means something different from what the words say

• extreme exaggeration

• where the story happens

• the time the story was written

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D