Fact Opinion Prefix Synonym Antonym Suffix
Plot Setting Theme Summary Central Problem Exaggeration
Resolution Foreshadow Slang or Jargon Flashback Rhythm Alliteration
Onomatopoeia Symbolism Hyperbole Metaphor Simile Personification
Answer Key
FactSlang or JargonSuffixOpinionExaggeration PlotCentral ProblemResolutionSettingThemeSynonymAntonym
SimileMetaphorPersonificationRhythmAlliterationHyperboleForeshadowFlashbackOnomatopoeiaSymbolismSummaryPrefix
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Can be proven
Ex. There are 50 states in the U.S.A.
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Events in the story.-usually told in
sequence of when it occurs
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How the problem is solved
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The creation and use of words which include
sounds that are similar to the noises that the
words refer toEx. pop, buzz, boom
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Based on feeling.
Ex. PA is the best state in the U.S.A.
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Time and place of a story.
Long, long ago in a far away place…
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When the author warns you something will
happen in the future.Ex. The dreary day hinted at the dark events to come.
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Using one thing to represent another.
In David and Goliath, the giant represents all that
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The word part at the beginning of the base word that
changes meaning.Prepay – to pay
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Something the story teaches you.
Ex. Little Red Riding Hood teaches you
not to talk to strangers.
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Popular speech.
Ex. That is really awesome or What’s up?
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An exaggeration usually for comic
effect.Ex. He was luckier than a cat with nine
lives.Return to Jeopardy
Words that mean the same.
Ex. Large, huge, big
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Tells the most important points of the story –
characters, plot, events, theme, settingEx. Usually the short story on the back of a
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When the author interrupts the story
to tell you about something that
happened earlier.Return to Jeopardy
Comparing one thing to another
without using “like” or “as”
Ex. She is a bear!Return to Jeopardy
Words that mean the opposite.
Ex. Up and downReturn to Jeopardy
Main problem of the story.
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A pattern of sounds in a poem or
sentence.Roses are red, Violets are blue
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Saying one thing is like another.
Ex. She is like a bear.
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The word part at the end of the base
word that changes meaning.
Create - CreationReturn to Jeopardy
Stretches the truth.
The baby laughs all the time.
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The use of words that start with the
same sound.Ex. Ten terrible
toddlers took two trains.Return to Jeopardy
When the author gives objects human feelings
or characteristics.
Ex. Talking to a teddy bear or picture
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