GMAS Review ELA

a direct comparison using "like" or "as"

any comparison

a descriptive setting

exaggeration beyond belief

quirky expression

repetition of beginning consonant sounds

The perspective from which a story is told

the tone of the author

Category of text

climax in a story

state an opinion

come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence

false claim

something that can be proven as true

The way a person thinks or feels

Proven true

a fun fact

Summary with main points and no opinions

Most important point the author is making

conclusion paragraph

where the story takes place

Lesson or message of the story

most important point or idea

a detail

an overview

imaginative retelling of every event

mood of the passage

Order of events that form a story

description of setting

how an author develops a character

narrator's tone

When and where the story takes place

moral of a story

language with symbolic or non-literal meaning

The introduction

Solution to the the problem or conflict

human traits for non-human things

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