Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Big Picture Ideas
Language and Vocabulary
Mystery Box
100

"With a ca-chunk the soda can clanged to the bottom of the vending machine"

Onomatopoeia

100

The message or lesson of a story is called a 

Theme

100

When a question asks you to infer something that means to...

Make a educated guess based on the available information

100

What is the meaning of the prefix "un" in the word "unfortunate"?

Not

100

Spoken conversations between characters in a story is called

Dialogue

200

"He ran as fast as a cheetah, leaving everyone behind."

Simile

200

The general emotion that a writer is attempting to get their audience to feel would be called:

The Mood

200

What would be a generalization about teenage phone usage?

Teenagers use their phones a lot, teenagers are very attached to their phones, phones are an important source of communication, phones are a distraction, etc

200

What is a synonym for melancholy?

Sad, depressed, gloomy, etc.

200

Poems are not separated into paragraphs, instead they are separated into ______ and separated by line breaks

Stanzas

300

"This backpack weighs a ton!"

Hyperbole

300

Hinting at future events in a story is called

Foreshadowing

300

Describing a writer's reasons for using a specific technique or conveying a specific message means describing the...

Author's purpose

300

What is an antonym for diminish?

Increase

300
Creating an emotional appeal to have someone be persuaded would be an example of

Pathos

400

"They have a heart of stone."

Metaphor

400
When there is a situation that is the opposite of what is expected (such as a firefighter's house burning down).

Situational Irony

400

The perspective of a narrator who tells the story from their own point of view using words like "I" or "we" to describe the events of the story:

1st person point of view

400

What is the prefix and suffix of the word "Geology"?

Bonus 200 points:

Define the meaning of the prefix

Define the meaning of the suffix

Prefix: Geo-Earth

Suffix: ology-The study of

400
When an author alludes to something in their story, it means that they:

Reference another story or historical event in their writing

500

"The alarm clock screamed at me to wake up."

Personification

500

When an object in a story takes on larger significance or represents a bigger idea or concept it is called a __________

Symbol

500

When you examine an author's ____________ you might identify key words or phrases that an author uses in order to get their ideas across

Diction

500

What is an antonym for the word "malevolent" as used in the following sentence?

"The malevolent dentist enjoyed causing as much discomfort to his patients as possible."

Benevolent, kind, good-natured, etc

500
Give an example of social commentary from one of the texts we have read so far this year

Answers may vary.  Have you connected a message the author makes in the story to an issue present in the world today?

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