FICTION
POETRY
DRAMA
NONFICTION
MISCELLANEOUS
100
This is what you call the when and where a story takes place. a) the setting b) the time c) the place
What is: a) the setting?
100
What type of figurative language is it when a poet uses like or as to compare to things. For example: "The guitar notes were like drops of honey." a) a metaphor b) imagery c) a simile
What is c) a simile?
100
The author of a play is called a) a poet b) a director c) a playwright
What is: c) a playwright?
100
Expository nonfiction text is organized in a particular pattern called: a) plot elements b) text structures c) main idea
What are: b) text structures?
100
This is the central idea about a topic that has details and facts to support it. a) an inference b) the main idea c) a summary
What is: b) the main idea?
200
This is what you call the most important person or people in a fictional story. a) the cast b) the main character or characters c) the plot elements
What is: b) the main character or characters?
200
Figurative language that helps readers picture, or visualize, the words. For example: "The high, silvery clouds floated above our heads." a) metaphor b) alliteration c) imagery
What is: c) imagery?
200
Like chapters in a book, dramas are divided into a) acts and scenes b) beginning, middles, and ends c) casts of characters
What is: a) acts and scenes?
200
These text features help the reader locate information quickly and often determine the main idea of a section. a) maps, charts, and/or graphs b) bold print, italics, and/or key words c) titles, headings, subheadings, and/or subtitles
What are: c) titles, headings, subheadings, and/or subtitles?
200
The best summary of a fictional story will include a) details from the beginning, middle, and the end b) the main character, the problem, and the solution c) the setting, characters, and climax
What is: b) the main character, the problem, and the solution?
300
To make it more interesting, the story always has a problem, or a) a conflict b) a resolution c) a solution
What is: a) a conflict?
300
When a poet uses the repetition of beginning consonant sounds to create a pattern of sounds in a poem. For example: "In sunny sky, stopped,..." a) personification b) alliteration c) simile
What is: b) alliteration?
300
Which stage direction describes a character's feelings and actions? a) (He laughs and shrugs.) b) (MR. CHU rises from his chair.) c) (Rising to give him a hug.)
What is: a) (He laughs and shrugs.)?
300
This text feature is often used to show the chronological, or sequential, order of events. a) a timeline b) a subtitle c) a table of contents
What is: a) a timeline?
300
The best summary of nonfiction expository text includes a) the cause and effect of all events b) the main ideas from the beginning, middle, and end of the story c) details from the beginning, middle, and end of the story
What is: b) the main ideas from the beginning, middle, and end of the story?
400
Another way to ask, "How was the problem solved is?", a) "What was the resolution to the conflict?" b) "Who did it?" c) "What happened at the end of the story?"
What is: a) "What was the resolution to the conflict?"
400
When two or more words rhyme in the same line. For example: " When I was eight, I couldn't wait for winter's big vacation." a) internal rhyme b) internal rhythm c) rhyme scheme
What is: a) internal rhyme?
400
This is what you call conversation in a play or drama. a) dialogue b) narration c) oration
What is: a) dialogue?
400
This type of nonfiction takes a stand, or position, and uses arguments, or reasons, to convince the reader to think like the author thinks. a) Procedural text b) Literary Nonfiction c) Persuasive text
What is: c) Persuasive text?
400
A fictional story in which the narrator uses the words I, me, my, mine, we, our, and us is written in a) first-person point of view b) second-person point of view c) third-person point of view
What is: a) first-person point of view?
500
This is what you call the peak of the plot elements chart, when everything in the story changes. a) The rising action b) solution c) The turning point, or climax
What is: c) the turning point, or climax?
500
A pattern when two or more lines end with a rhyming word is called a) an onomatopoeia b) the rhyme scheme c) poetry
What is: b) the rhyme scheme?
500
What prop or props are used in the following stage direction?(MARIO goes downstage and hands a stack of cards to STUDENT in the front row.) a) front row b) STUDENT c) stack of cards
What is: c) stack of cards?
500
This type of text structure helps the reader understand what happened and why it happened. a) Compare and Contrast b) Cause and Effect c) Problem and Solution
What is: b) Cause and Effect?
500
In persuasive text, arguments are more convincing when the author uses _______________ to support their position. a) a dictionary b) an opinion c) a source
What is: c) a source?
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