Short Stories
This is the time and place of a story
setting
Which war was happening during the novel, Number the Stars?
World War II
Which type of figurative language is a comparison using like or as?
simile
What part of speech shows action or a state of being?
verb
It remains suspended in the air
This point of view uses the pronouns I, me, my, we, etc.
First person point of view
What kind of farm does Esperanza's family own in Mexico at the beginning of the novel?
grape
What is the type of poetry where the author does not have to rhyme or follow any specific rules?
What acronym do we use to remember the structure of a literature response paragraph? What does each letter stand for?
P.E.E.P. (point, evidence, explanation, point)
What does the word vacate mean?
To leave a place, making it empty
Within a story's plot, this is the turning point in a story. It's the point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity or suspense.
What did Esperanza give to Isabel at the end of the novel?
her doll
What type of figurative language is this? Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
alliteration
What is the name for a punctuation mark used to indicate a pause stronger than a comma but weaker than a period
semicolon
What does it mean if someone is inept?
Clumsy and lacking ability
What is the setting of the short story, "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury?
Venus
What does Annemarie hide in a basket of food when she delivers it to her uncle?
Handkerchief
What type of poem has a 5-lines and follows an A-A-B-B-A rhyme pattern? They are almost always light-hearted, silly, and humorous.
limerick
Name at least 2 of the 3 reasons to start a new paragraph (in creative or analysis writing)
1. When a new idea or point begins
2. When there's a new speaker in dialogue
3. When there is a shift in setting (time/place)
Which Wordly Wise vocabulary word matches this definition: a base or support on which something stands
pedestal
Who wrote the short story, "Thank You, Ma'am" about Mrs. Jones taking the young thief home to care for him and teach him a lesson?
Langston Hughes
In what year did The Breadwinner take place?
2001
What type of figurative language is shown here? The night sky was a blanket threaded with darkness.
metaphor
What part of speech connects words or groups of words?
conjunction
What does it mean to sheathe?
To cover or protect something