Terms I Should Know When Reading

Academic Vocabulary Key Words Match each term with its definition. Use the "cheat sheet" in the Google Classroom if needed. argument an opinion that must be supported by reasons. supporting details details or evidence that support an author's ideas. author's purpose the reasons that an author writes. summary highly condensed version of an author's ideas and facts. climax the turning point in the plot of a story. difference something that is different in two selections a language that is not meant to be taken literally is: similar figurative language sensory language language that evokes the senses sensory language infer personification excessive exaggeration that is not literal opinion metaphor hyperbole Match each term with its definition. Use the "cheat sheet" in the Google Classroom if needed. stylistic elements features of poetry conflict a struggle or problem that sets a story in motion. stanza a group of lines within a poem. similar very much like similarity something that is the same or similar in 2 selections. Match each term with its definition. Use the "cheat sheet" in the Google Classroom if needed. rising action events in the plot that build conflict. metaphor something has the qualities of another thing. imagery sensory language in writing plot series of events in a fictional story resolution the ultimate resolution of conflict in a story. Match each term with its definition. Use the "cheat sheet" in the Google Classroom if needed. refrain to emphasize something infer to make an educated guess based on evidence main idea the author's most important overall point opinion cannot be proven true or false personification attributing human qualities to non-human things... words or info in the passage that help the reader understand the meaning of an unknown or unclear word... context clues organizational pattern conflict description comparing one thing to another, typically using "like" or "as" simile metaphor imagery the arrangement of an author's ideas... organizational pattern supporting details make an inference