Main Idea and Cause and Effect
Types of Conflict
Miscellaneous
Plot
Figurative Language
100
The cause of this sentence: Because of the new parking law on campus, my car was towed!
What is a new parking law?
100
Sofia is being bullied at school by Emma.
What is man vs. man.
100
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
What is autobiography.
100
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.
100
The comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
200
Why something happens.
What is the cause?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces that actually physically happens.
What is conflict.
200
What do we call a book that gives synonyms and antonyms for words?
Thesaurus
200
Ends the book
What is resolution.
200
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
The central point of a piece of writing.
What is main idea?
300
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away.
What is man vs. self
300
Books that are about real things, people, events, and places.
What is nonfiction.
300
The beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition.
300
Extremely descriptive language. Uses one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery or sensory details?
400
The effect of this sentence: The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming.
What is global warming.
400
Jack must survive a cold winter in the wilderness.
What is man vs. nature
400
A phrase that isn't really true but we understand the meaning of
What is an idiom
400
Events in a story that build up the climax.
What are rising action events?
400
The tree branches danced wildly in the summer thunderstorm.
What is personification?
500
What do we call the bold words that break up a non-fiction text into chunks by main ideas?
What is a subheading?
500
If we learn about all the conflict from a narrator who wasn't a part of the story, what is that type of narration called?
3rd person point of view
500
This is the type of organization used here: Types of pets: -Dogs -Cats -Reptiles -Birds -Rodents
What is listing
500
This is the person or thing that is causing problems in the story
Who/What is the antagonist
500
Her eyes were fireflies, twinkling in the soft moonlight.
What is metaphor?
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