Literature
Short story about a man who sets out to colonize Mars.
What is Green Morning?
Beginning of the story in which background information, characters, and the setting are introduced.
What is Exposition?
"Endeavor, a serious, determined effort or a specific project undertaken to achieve a goal, can be used as a verb or a noun."
The above is an example of:
What is definition?
Uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison
What is a simile?
Person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
Dystopian short story in which 12 year-olds must take a test in which the child can be put to death if he or she proves to be too smart.
What is "Test"?
The part of the story, after the conflict is introduced, in which the story gets more and more suspenseful, or "the plot thickens."
What is Rising Action?
Roots, affixes, and base words
What are word parts?
Helps to paint a picture in the reader's mind
What is figurative language?
A word used to describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
A message conveyed by the interaction of story elements
What is theme?
The highest point of interest in the story. It is sometimes called the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
Mike’s parrot was loquacious, but Maria’s said very little.
What is an example of contrast?
A reference to a literary work, historical event or person, mythology, religion, or pop culture.
What is allusion?
An action or state of being.
What is a verb?
Classic Horror Fiction short story in which we get the 1st person thoughts of the main character as he described the events leading to his murder of an old man simply because of his "evil" eye.
What is "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Point of the story in which the main conflict in the story is resolved.
What is Resolution?
Synonyms, antonyms, definition, example, roots and affixes
What are types of context clues?
Similes, metaphors, allusion, alliteration, hyperbole, onomatopoeia
What are figures of speech?
A word which further explains (or modifies) a verb. It tells HOW something was done. It often ends in -ly.
What is an adverb?
Dystopian Fiction short story in which a traditional yearly event ends in tragedy for a family of a small, tight-knit village.
What is The Lottery?
The part of the story, after the climax, that is sometimes described as "the calm after the storm," in which the conflicts within the story BEGIN to be resolved.
What is Falling Action?
Celestial bodies, such as the sun, moon, and stars, are governed by predictable laws.
What is the use of example?
“All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind.”
What is a metaphor?
Word that takes the place of a noun. Examples are he, she, they, them, her, him, it.
What are pronouns?