Vocabulary
Define hyperbole.
What is an exaggeration?
What is Ms. Avitabile's favorite sports team?
What are the New England Patriots?
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
What is autobiography.
The highest point of interest, the place where ideas are drawn together, an important turning point in a series of actions, or the most forceful event in a story.
What is climax.
When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile.
What is the word that means the attitude the writer has toward the subject or which he is writing about?
What is tone?
What is Ms. Avitabile's favorite dog breed?
What are Dalmatians?
A prefix that means life.
What is bio.
Concludes the action and ensures that all important plot lines have been tied.
What is resolution.
The formation or use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia.
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is main idea.
Where was Ms. Avitabile born?
What is Georgia?
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition.
Punctuation used in a narrative to indicate speech.
What is quotation marks.
The effect of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming.
What is global warming.
What is Ms. Avitabile's least favorite music genre?
What is country music?
What is the time and place of a story called?
What is setting?
Events in a story that build up the conflict.
What are rising action events?
Tells us when a character is talking and identifies which character is talking.
What is dialogue tag.
What is the meaning of the word meticulous?
Meticulous means attention to detail and would describe a perfectionist.
How many siblings does Ms. Avitabile have AND where did she work before she taught?
What is 4 and the movie theater and/or the library?
A prefix that means to write.
What is graph?
Events that lead up to the resolution of a story.
What are falling action events.
Giving an object or an animal human traits.
What is personification.