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The reason that the author chose to write the passage.
Author's Perspective
Author's Purpose
Author's Point of View
Author's Mood
Author’s Purpose: P.I.E.E.D. stands for what?
Persuade, Inform, Explain, Exhibit, Describe
Perform, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe
Perform, Inform, Explain, Export, Describe
How an author feels about the topic he or she is writing about.
Author's Point of View
Author's Purpose
Author's Tone
Author's Perspective
The person who tells the story is the
(a)
The feeling the reader gets due to the words and descriptions used in the text
Tone
Mood
Opinion
Main Idea
The mood implied by an author's word choice and the way that the text can make a reader feel
Mood
Main Idea
Tone
Author's Point of View
How the character feels about something; what they see, feel, and think about something (also called viewpoint, opinion, or perspective)
Author's Purpose
Tone
Point of View
Mood
The subject of a writing piece; what the writing is all about
(a)
A word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer to compare, for dramatic effect, or to make the writing more interesting.
Figurative Language
Literal Language
The suggested meaning of a word apart from what it names or describes; a word that evokes feeling or emotion.
Denotation
Definition
Connotation
Description
Figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words “like” or “as”.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Idiom
Simile
Figure of speech used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common WITHOUT using like or as.
(a)
When you give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal.
Hyperbole
Personification
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase or sentence.
Idiom
Onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Alliteration
A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect.
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
An expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own
Hyperbole
Idiom
Simile
Metaphor
A cliché is an expression that has been used so often that it often becomes meaning and sometimes boring
Idiom
Hyperbole
Cliché
Onomatopoeia
Imaginative stories created by an author that are not true
Non-Fiction
Fiction
True literature based on facts
Non-Fiction
Fiction
The message of "Big Idea" of the story that you can apply to your life. Written in a one sentence statement
Central Idea
Theme
Topic
Tone
Time and location of the story
Setting
Rising Action
Mood
Climax
The storyline that has these components: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution (denouement)
Setting
Rising Action
Exposition
Plot
Beginning of the story - meet characters, learn setting
Rising Action
Falling Action
Exposition
Resolution (denouement)
Learn the conflict, action/tension starts to build
Rising Action
Resolution (denouement)
Climax
Exposition
Most exciting point of story/turning point
Resolution (denouement)
Climax
Falling Action
Exposition
The storyline starts to resolve after the climax has been reached.
Exposition
Climax
Resolution (denouement)
Falling Action
The ending of the story / final outcome revealed (usually)
Rising Action
Exposition
Resolution (denouement)
Falling Action
The author uses clues or hints to reveal what is coming later in the story
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Characterization
Protagonist
The author describes something from the past to help explain important events.
Exposition
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Retelling
The person in a story, novel, movie, poem, play, etc.
Star
Actor
Character
The main character of a story
Protagonist
Antagonist
Opposes the main character
Protagonist
Antagonist
Character who changes in personality or attitude
Static character
Dynamic Character
Physical Character
Emotional Character
Character who shows little or no inner change
Dynamic Character
Emotional Character
Physical Character
Static Character
The way the author reveals the character’s personalities
Direct Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Characterization
The author makes direct statements about the character’s personality and tells what he/she is like
Direct Characterization
Characterization
Indirect Characterization
The author reveals a character’s personality through the character’s thoughts, actions, words, and how other characters respond or talk about him/her
Direct Characterization
Characterization
Indirect Characterization
Divided into lines, stanzas, or verses.
Prose
Poetry
Divided into sentences and paragraphs
Poetry
Prose
A repeated word, phrase, or sound.
Stuttering
Rephrase
Decibles
Repetition
An arranged group of lines
Stanza
Paragraph
Sentences
Essay
Begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark, which naturally adds breaks and pauses to poetry.
Sentences
Lines
Verses
Paragraphs
Adds a pattern of rhyme to poetry.
Rhyme Time
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme Verse
Rhyme Rhythm
The repetition of the final consonant sound stressing a syllable. (Ex. send, blend, end)
Rhyme Time
Rhyme Scheme
Consonance
Beat
Express your personal thoughts and feelings through words
Haiku
Lyric Poems
Free Verse Poems
Ballad
Has no rhythm, strict structure, and no fixed line length
Lyric Poem
Ballad
Narrative Poem
Free Verse
Short, three-lined poem that is unrhymed and often about nature (5-7-5 syllable count)
Haiku
Narrative
Ballad
Lyric
Song-like poem put to music, it tells a story that deals with adventure, tragedy, and / or romance. Divided into lines and stanzas.
Haiku
Lyric
Narrative
Ballad
Tells a story in verse, has narrators, characters, setting, plot.
Haiku Poem
Narrative Poem
Ballad Poem
Lyric Poem
Formal poem that often expresses feelings, often spoken in first person, includes sonnets, odes, and elegies
Sonnet Poem
Lyric Poem
Ballad Poem
Narrative Poem
Fourteen lines with a more formal tone that follows a specific rhyme scheme
Lyric
Narrative
Sonnet
Ballad
Humorous five-line poems with a specific rhythmic pattern
Lyric
Ballad
Limericks
Narrative
Words that are spoken by characters; usually in quotation marks and has dialogue tags (ex: “I am going to go there today, Jimmy,” said Meyeur.)
Cues
Stage Directions
Scenes
Dialogue
What is ALIKE ONLY
Compare
Contrast
What is DIFFERENT ONLY
Compare
Contrast
specific techniques that allow a writer to convey a deeper meaning that goes beyond what’s on the page
Literary Techniques
Literary Devices
Literary Feelings
Reference to a well known book, story, etc.
Onomatopeia
Hyperbole
Allusion
Motif
The audience knows something the characters don’t know
Motif
Hyperbole
Dramatic Irony
Metaphor
Repeated element in a story that is important
Motif
Dramatic Irony
Symbolism
Simile
Words that contradict themselves (ex: jumbo shrimp)
Motif
Symbolism
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Involves a character speaking their thoughts aloud,
Onomatopeia
Hyperbole
Motif
Soliloquiy
Refers to how the information within a written text is organized. Description, Sequence, Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, and Problem/Solution
Text Organization
Literary Organization
Text Structure
Literary Structure
Gives readers a chronological order of events or a list of steps in a procedure.
Sequence
Random Order
Hyperbole
Cause Effect
Presents the causal relationship between an specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow
Problem / Solution
Cause / Effect
Before / After
Text Structure
Examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc.
Problem / Solution
Before / After
Compare / Contrast
Text Structure
Sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the solution
Cause / Effect
Text Structure
Problem / Solution
Before / After
What needs to be included in a narrative?
Beginning, Middle, and End, Dialogue, Description, Transition words, Thoughts and Feelings, and Theme
Date, written in 1st person
What is included in a journal entry?
Beginning, Middle, and End, Dialogue, Description, Transition words, Thoughts and Feelings, and Theme
Date, written in 1st person
The way the character acts physically
Body-ody-ody-ody
Body Language
Body Movement
Motion Sensors
