a folktale about GODS and GODDESSES

an AMERICAN HERO folktale full of extreme exaggerations

a folktale, usually with TALKING ANIMALS, that always has a moral to it

a comparison that shows a relationship between two things

a comparison of two unlike things USING the words "LIKE" or "AS"

a comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words "LIKE" or "AS"

RESTATING something using different words (RE-PHRASING)

words, phrases, or sentences that GIVE MEANING to UNKOWN WORDS

the DICTIONARY definition of the words - the literal meaning

the EXTRA SENSE that the word implies - positive or negative

creating a "special effect" by REPEATING a sound or word

A FEELING of UNCERTAINTY or DREAD about what will happen next

an EXPRESSION that is PERSONAL, JEERING, and INTENDED TO HURT

a seemingly CONTRADICTORY COMBINATION of words (jumbo shrimp)

a word or phrase that IMITATES A SOUND (whoosh)

the FINAL OUTCOME of the story - or the SOLUTION of the problem

a PERSON or other CREATURE in a story

the TIME and PLACE of the story's events

the point of GREATEST INTEREST or SUSPENSE in the story

the MAIN PROBLEM the character faces (with others, self, or nature)

gives ANIMALS or OBJECTS HUMAN QUALITIES or CHARACTERISTICS

the DELIBERATE USE of EXAGGERATION

the use of ONE THING to STAND FOR OR REPRESENT ANOTHER

the use of VIVID DESCRIPTION to create a PICTURE in the reader's MIND

gives CLUES that SUGGEST what MIGHT HAPPEN in the FUTURE

INTERRUPTING the story WITH EVENT FROM THE PAST

a STATEMENT meaning the OPPOSITE of what is LITERALLY STATED

a SAYING that CANNOT be LITERALLY TRANSLATED

a REFERENCE to a WELL-KNOWN WORK of LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC, ETC.

the PERSON or persons TO WHOM the WRITING IS ADDRESSED

the PERSON who WROTE the story or passage, etc.

the PERSON who is TELLING the story

the relationship of the narrator to the story (viewpoint)

1st person Point of view

when a character in story tells the story (using i, me, my, we, etc.)

3rd Person point of view

when someone not in the story tells the story (like an invisible observer)

when the characters in the story speak (usually set off by quotation marks)

the way the author uses phrases and sentences to make his story distinctive

the author's attitude about his topic- can be positive, negative, or neutral

the feeling or atmosphere in the story set by the author

a guess based on a known fact, a conclusion

a TS exploring the reason something happened (cause) and the result (effect)

a TS showing similarities (comparisons) and differences (contrasts)

a TS examining how conflicts or obstacles (problems) are overcome (resolved)

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Main Idea

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what a piece of writing is MOSTLY ABOUT

2.

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Summary

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gives the MAIN IDEA and IMPORTANT DETAILS of a passage

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Theme

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more generally state TOPIC concerning a passage's MAIN IDEA

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Genre

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a CLASSIFICATION of LITERATURE, such as fiction, drama, poetry

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Fiction

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a type of literature that tells a MADE-UP story

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Non-Fiction

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a type of lit. that tells about REAL-LIFE people, places, events, & things

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Drama

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A PLAY written to be performed by actors

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