Stories
Kate KeCamillo
Who is the author of The Rising Tiger & The Elephant's Magician?
Simile
What is a sentence that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
i before e rule
i before e except after c or when sounded as A as in neighbor and weigh.
Factors are few!
What are the numbers you multiply called?
Numerator
What is the top number in a fraction called?
Rob
The main character from The Tiger Rising
Metaphor
What is a sentence that compares two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as".
y to i rule
If a word ends consonant Y, don’t stress.
Change the Y to an i and add -es!
Product
What is the answer to a multiplication problem called?
15/30 in simplest form
What is an equivalent fraction to 1/2?
Peter
Who is the main character in the Magician's Elephant?
Personification
What is it called when an author makes an object seem like it's a person?
Adding -es
CH, SH, Z, S, X
If it’s at the end then you add -es
Unless the -ch sound sounds like a -k
Then you just add an -s, OK?
Quotient
What is the answer to a division problem called?
3/4 + 2/8
What is 8/8 or 1 whole?
I only intended lilies.
What does the magician keep repeating after he made the elephant appear?
Characters, Complications, Conflict, Climax, Conclusion
What are the 5 C's of Plot?
Doubling rule
If a word ends short vowel consonant
Like run and hop, then we
Double the last letter before adding -ed or -ing
It works for every letter but two
Every letter except X and W!
The product of 35 x 42
What is 1,470?
5.62 in word form
What is five & sixty two hundredths?
They both lost parents.
What do Rob and Peter (from both books) have in common?
Red Herring
What is an story element that a mystery author adds to get the reader off track?
F to -ves rule
Drop the F and drop the FE
Add -ves to make it plural, Easy!
Don’t drop the F if it’s double.
Don’t let exceptions give your trouble!
The quotient of 264 divided by 4
What is 66?
Perpendicular lines
What are lines that intersect at right angles?