Vocabulary
Summary
Plot Structure
Narrator's Perspective
Grab Bag
100
What should you use when you don't know what a word means?
Context Clues
100
What are the three parts of a summary?
Beginning, Middle, End
100
What is another name for the "problem" in the story?
Conflict
100
What is another term for narrator's perspective?
Point of View
100
What is the definition of inference?
What you see+what you know=inference
200
What is it called when a word has more than one meaning?
multiple meaning word
200
What is the strategy for a summary question?
Write BME next to each answer choice. As you read the answer choices, circle the ones that go with that answer choice. Pick the one with all three circled.
200
What is another word for the "turning point" in the story?
Climax
200
What is the difference between first person and third person point of view?
1st person point of view is when the narrator is in the story. The narrator uses "I" frequently. 3rd person is when the narrator is outside of the story. He uses the pronouns he, she, they, etc.
200
What is the character trait you would give the following character? "Coach wouldn't let me be first string in the football game. He said it just wasn't "my position". But I wanted it so badly. I kept practicing hard and ran every night to increase my speed. I even stayed up late studying the playbook."
Determined because he doesn't give up.
300
How is the word color being used in the following sentence? When I was young I loved to color. A.) n. the shades of the rainbow. B.) v. to use crayons to fill in a picture. C.) n. to use crayons to fill in a picture.
B.) v. to use crayons to fill in a picture.
300
What will you find the middle of the story?
the climax
300
What are the five parts of a plot structure map?
Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution/Ending
300
What is the difference between third person omniscient and third person limited?
In third person omniscient, the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters. In third person limited, the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
300
What is it called when the speaker describes something so well, you can see it in your mind? What is the technique he's using?
visualization; sensory details
400
What are the four types of context clues?
definition, example, antonym, synonym
400
What will you find at the beginning of the story?
characters, setting, motivation
400
What is included in the falling action?
All of the events leading up to the end of the story.
400
What is the narrator's perspective of the following text? Explain. "Visits with my cousin Jack are never, ever boring! He knew about a haunted house, so off we went exploring."
1st Person Point of View because it says "my".
400
What can the reader infer about the character in the story... Cassie rolled over in her bed as she felt the sunlight hit her face. The beams were warming the back of her neck when she slowly realized that it was a Thursday, and she felt a little too good for a Thursday. Struggling to open her eyes, she looked up at the clock. “9:48,” she shouted, “Holy cow!” Cassie jumped out of bed, threw on the first outfit that she grabbed, brushed her teeth in two swipes, threw her books into her backpack, and then ran out the door.
You can infer that she is late for school.
500
What does the word neglected mean in the following sentence? Explain your answer. "It looked so grand from far away--not crumbling and neglected."
It means not taken care of. I know this because it's the opposite of "grand".
500
What are two other criteria for a "good summary"? (hint: bullseye, mouse)
It is precise and concise.
500
What is the shape of the plot structure chart and why?
It is in the shape of a pyramid to showing the growing excitement that builds up to the climax, and then the decreasing emotion as you get the to the ending.
500
What is the point of view of the following passage? Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?” So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
3rd person limited because you only know the thoughts and feelings of Alice.
500
What is the theme of the story? The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me." The Tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge." "That is a good joke," said the Hare; "I could dance round you all the way." "Keep your boasting till you've won," answered the Tortoise. "Shall we race?" So a course was fixed and a start was made. The Hare darted almost out of sight at once, but soon stopped and, to show his contempt for the Tortoise, lay down to have a nap. The Tortoise plodded on and plodded on, and when the Hare awoke from his nap, he saw the Tortoise just near the winning-post and could not run up in time to save the race.
slow and steady wins the race
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