Exam Flashcards
(19 cards)
What strategies do good readers use?
Visualize, make connections, inferences, make predictions, ask questions.
What is a hamburger paragraph?
Topic sentence, 3 details, closing sentence.
Literary Devices.
Oxymoron
2 descriptions that contradict each other.
Alliteration
A repeated sound at the start of words that are beside each other
Simile
Simple comparisons.
Metaphors
Complex comparisons.
Extended Metaphors
A metaphor that extends throughout the whole piece.
Onomatopoeia
A word that is spelled exactly like it sounds.
Personification
Giving a non-human thing, human-like quality’s.
Hyperbole
Extreme exaggeration.
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of the rhymes, in poems.
Foreshadowing
A hint of something that’s going to happen later in the story.
Elements Of A Story
Setting
Where the story is taking place, and it can affect the whole thing.
Conflict
Problems or arguments characters encounter during the story.
Mood
What mood the story is making you feel, as you are reading it, or after you read it.
Perspective
What persons perspective is the story being told in? 1st person? 3rd? Etc.
Theme
Theme is what the author has been to get across the whole time.
