What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
When a narrator is a character in the story
First Person
Restate the prompt and give an answer:
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
Hints in the text that help determine the meaning of an unknown word.
What are context clues?
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
When the narrator is not a character in the story and we only know one person's thoughts and feelings
Third Person Limited
Jenny and Mark fought over who was the best skateboarder. What type of conflict is this?
What is character vs. character?
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
The literal definition of a word.
What is denotation?
The problem of the story
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
Denzel couldn't attend the school field trip because he has pneumonia. What type of conflict is this?
She is busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
The feeling that the word gives is called _______________.
Which word in the sentence is the proper noun:
"Ms. DeRaimo was so excited to teach her students figurative language."
Ms. DeRaimo
What the passage is mostly about?
Main idea
Maurice saw the boys skipping class. One of the boys was his best friend so he didn't know if he should say something or just stay quiet. What type of conflict is this?
What is character vs. self?
What type of figurative language is this an example of:
The house was beautifully painted pink with dark green vines climbing up the front. It was an extraordinary floral garden.
Metaphor
Is the connotation of the word "stingy" positive or negative?
Jayden was stingy with his money because he was saving for a bike.
What is negative?
Why would the author use a chronological order text structure in their writing?
To tell us the events that happened in order of time.
List all the elements in a plot diagram IN ORDER:
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Emily doesn't like how the students aren't allowed to pray during the school day. So, she organized a protest to voice her concerns about her religious rights. What type of conflict is this?
What is character vs. society.
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
Jocelyn was all smiles when she left the math class. The test was a piece of cake.
What type of figurative language is this?
Idiom
Her passion for dance shows how much she loves the art?
Which word in the sentence gives the denotation of the word, "passion"?
What is love?