Word Wizards
This root means “life.”
What is bio?
This plot stage introduces the setting and characters.
Answer: What is the exposition?
“I,” “me,” and “we” are pronouns used in this point of view.
Answer: What is first person?
“The wind is a wolf” is an example of this poetic device.
Answer: What is a metaphor?
A text structure that explains why something happened and the result is called this.
Answer: What is cause and effect?
The word geography contains a root meaning this.
Answer: What is earth?
This is the turning point of the story.
Answer: What is the climax?
This narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of every character.
Answer: What is third person omniscient?
“The trees bow down their heads” is an example of this poetic device.
Answer: What is personification?
A text structure that shows how things are alike and different is this.
Answer: What is compare and contrast?
“The explorer was intrepid, or brave, as he entered the cave.”
What type of context clue is used?
Answer: What is a definition clue?
A struggle between a character and nature is what type of conflict?
Answer: What is external conflict?
The main character working toward a goal is called this.
Answer: What is the protagonist?
What is the speaker of a poem?
What is the voice or narrator telling the poem?
An educated guess based on evidence is called this.
Answer: What is an inference?
“Unlike his gregarious sister who loved parties, Mark was very shy.”
What does gregarious most likely mean?
Answer: What is social/friendly/outgoing?
A theme should never be just one word. Give a correct example using “friendship.”
Answer: What is “True friendship requires sacrifice” (or similar complete message)
A character who stays the same throughout the story is this type of character.
Answer: What is a static character?
Which poetic device gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
Answer: What is personification?
A passage explains the problem of ocean pollution and then gives ways people can help clean the oceans. What text structure is used?
Answer: What is problem and solution?
“The kitchen was full of utensils, such as forks, spoons, and knives.”
What type of context clue is used?
Answer: What is an example clue?
In a story, a character learns to stop judging others based on appearance. What type of character are they?
Answer: What is a dynamic character?
Tone is the author’s attitude, while this is the feeling the reader gets.
Answer: What is mood?
“The giant storm swallowed the entire town in seconds!”
Answer: What is hyperbole?
A nonfiction article includes bold words, captions under pictures, and a chart showing data. What are these elements called?
Answer: What are text features?