POETRY | POETRY 2 | STRATEGIES 1 | STRATEGIES 2 | STARTEGIES 3 |
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REPETITION
What is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times?
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LINE BREAK
What is it called where a poet chooses to end one line and begin another?
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CAUSE & EFFECT
What is a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other.
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SUMMARY
What is a condensed version of a larger reading explaining the beginning, middle and end?
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NONFICTION TEXT FEATURES
What do we call these: Glossary, Index, heading, Illustration, Captions found in a real book?
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RYHME
What is a repetition of similar sounding words occurring at the end of lines in poems or songs?
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STANZA
What is a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.
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SUPPORTING DETAILS
What are pieces of information which add additional facts to explain about the main idea?
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PERSUADE, INFORM & ENTERTAIN
The acronym for PIE stands for? (Hint: Author's purpose)
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FLUENCY
What is defined as having the ability to read with speed, accuracy and proper expression?
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RHYTHM
What is the flow and beat in a poem or song?
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ONOMATOPOEIA
What is the use or format of words whose sounds imitate their meanings (ex: buzz, honk, boom).
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MAIN IDEA OR CENTRAL MESSAGE
What is the word to describe what the selection or the story is mostly about.
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PLOT
What are the events that make up a story or the main part of the story?
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PREFIX
What is something that is added to the FRONT of a word to change its meaning?
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METAPHOR
What is the poetic element for comparing two things using the words "is"
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PERSONIFICATION
What is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes?
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LESSON
What is another name for the moral of the story?
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CLIMAX
This is where the tension or action reaches its highest part, sometimes it is called the "crisis" point in the plot.
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SUFFIX
What is something added to the END of a word to change its meaning
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SIMILE
What is the poetic element for comparing two things using the words “like” or “as”
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ALLITERATION
What is a literary device that repeats a speech sound in a sequence of words that are close to each other?
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POINT OF VIEW OR BIAS
What is the word to describe what the author thinks about the topic or selection?
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THEME
What do all these words have in common? Love, friendship, courage, kindness, honesty...
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PROTAGONIST (OR NARRATOR)
What is another name for the main character in the story?
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