Story Elements
People, most of the time
What are characters?
The food we use to help us remember reading comprehension
What is a hamburger?
What are context clues?
A 36
What is a perfect score?
A former reality TV star that was elected as the 47th president of the USA in November
Who is Donald Trump?
When and where a story takes place
What is the setting?
It can't be too broad or narrow; and it sums everything up in one sentence
What is the main idea?
What is a hyperbole?
40
What is the number of questions on the reading part?
A multi-platinum artist that has been nominated for 57 Grammys, and won 22 of them
This type of amusement park ride is used to describe the plot of a story
What is a roller coaster?
The three purposes of writing are to entertain, inform and...
What is symbolism?
35
What is the amount time (minutes) you have on the reading portion?
DAILY DOUBLE
A genre of books or movies set in a time or place that is perceived as perfect but is far from it; stuff like Hunger Games or Maze Runner
What is dystopian?
The person in a story that opposes the main character
What is the antagonist?
What are supporting details?
DAILY DOUBLE
Words that sound like the sound they are making...buzz, hiss, pop, bam
What is onomatopoeia?
April 8
What is the date of the PCHS ACT?
What is 35?
A character that we don't know a lot about
What is a flat character?
The data that timelines decipher
What is change over time?
When you give human characteristics to non-human things, like saying the face of the moon is looking back at us.
What is personification?
When letters stand for something, like ACT in American College Testing
What is an acronym?
The most dangerous animal on Earth, according to a certain Russian diplomat-turned hunter
What are humans?