Fiction
What should you include when proving an answer about a story?
Text evidence or quotations from the story.
There are 5 types of author's methods. What are they?
Anecdote, inner thoughts, dialogue, description, and examples.
These are words that imitate the sound they represent.
What is an onomatopoeia?
This is the moral of the story.
What is theme?
What does the prefix “un-” usually mean?
Not.
If a character says, “I never wanted to leave my home,” what can readers infer?
The character feels sad or reluctant about leaving.
There are five types of text structures. Name them.
What are problem/solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast, and sequence?
The crook was as sly as a fox.
What is simile?
This is considered the turning point of the story/the most exciting part of the story.
What is the climax?
If you know “transport” means carry, what does “portable” most likely mean?
Able to be carried.
What is the difference between explicit and inferred information?
Explicit information is directly stated; inferred information is figured out using clues.
How is a summary different from a retelling?
A summary includes only the most important ideas.
My computer screamed before it died a brutal death.
What is personification?
This is a paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza?
What does the root “bio” mean?
What is life?
Read this line: “Marcus clenched his fists but walked onto the stage anyway.” What inference can be made?
Marcus was nervous but determined.
If a scientist describes cells as “tiny factories,” what type of language is being used?
Figurative language/metaphor.
Choose the best answer. Which of the following is an inanimate object that can be personified? A. a star B. the dog C. Suzy D. Basketball team
What is A?
By using various methods to build the story through details.
What type of language is being used in this sentence?
"After the announcement, a storm of angry whispers spread around the room."
What is connotative language?
What should an objective summary NOT include?
Personal opinions.
If a text says, “The desert was arid, with almost no rainfall,” what does arid mean?
Very dry
My niece Laurel is a ray sunshine.
What is a metaphor?
These are the five author's purposes.
What is to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to describe, and to explain?
What type of language is being used in this sentence:
"If the shoe fits, wear it!"
What is figurative language?