Elements of a Story
What is the problem in the following sentence.
Alfonzo play ball every day after school.
What is the purpose of a caption (they are located underneath pictures)?
The give a description or an explanation of the picture. Usually describes how it relates to the article.
What is historical fiction? Answers vary.
Give an example for double points!
A type of fiction writing that is based on historical facts.
What is a personification?
Give an example for double the points.
Giving human like qualities to something that is nonhuman.
Example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
Identify the type of punctuation should end the following sentence:
How was your day
What is a question mark?
How was your day?
What is a glossary?
The part of a nonfiction book that defines words. Usually located at the end of the text.
What is persuasive writing?
The type of writing which convinces the reader to agree with your point of view (opinion).
What is the plot?
The sequence of events in a story. What the story is about beginning to end.
A comparison That does NOT use like or as?
What is a metaphor?
Double Jeopardy! Worth 1,000 Points!
Identify the subject of the sentence: The dentist extracted three teeth from his patient.
What is dentist?
What are subheadings?
DOUBLE CREDIT if you explain why they are important?
Section Titles
**Subheadings are NOT the main title of the article.
They are helpful because they give you an idea of what the section will be about as well as help you locate answers.
What is the verb in this sentence?
Jonah swam 14 laps during the swim meet.
Ashley runs like a cheetah.
What is metaphor?
Identify the type of punctuation is needed at the end of the following sentence:
John, help me I'm on FIRE
What is exclamation point.
John, help me I'm on FIRE!
What is compare/contrast?
Explaining how things are the same and how things are different.
What/Whom is the subject(s) of the following sentence?
Jesse & Delphine practice piano twice a week.
Jesse & Delphine
What is 3rd Person Point of View?
1st Person POV the narrator is in the story & telling the story. You will see works like I, we, our, us, etc.
3rd Person POV the narration uses he, she, or names like Thomas for example.
A type of literary term that means exaggerating.
What is Hyperbole?
Edit the sentence correctly:
hey is that your sister.
Hey, is that your sister?
Double Jeopardy! Worth 1,000 points!
What is chronological order?
Text that is written in the order in which it happened (or in a timeline format).
Name at least 3 genres of writing.
What is Fiction, Non Fiction, Poetry, Historical fiction, Drama, etc.