Basic Knowledge
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
Name the two types of essays/papers you wrote this year.
Narrative and Argumentative
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
Introduction
Who wrote Nothing Gold Can Stay?
Robert Frost
What is the theme of a story?
the lesson or moral of a story
The problem of the story
conflict
Which figurative language term is used when a statement is exaggerated for emphasis, like "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"?
Hyperbole
Name the four LIT Units we did in class.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Drama
She is busy as a bee.
What is the pronoun in the sentence?
She
What does IAR stand for?
Illinois Assessment of Readiness
What's the difference between an internal and external conflict?
Internal = person vs. self
External = person vs. outside force
Identify the rhyme scheme:
The leaves fall to the ground
Lying softly in the dirt
I never want fall to end
Winter is about to start
NO RHYME SCHEME HAHA
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
Watched and Play
What should an objective summary never have in it?
AN OPINION
What is the difference between an adjective and adverb?
Adjective describes a noun and adverb describes a verb
What type of POV is this:
"Ms. S. was so excited to teach her students this new lesson."
Third Person
Name all the types of poems we wrote in this class.
Blackout
Ballad
Acrostic
Rhyme
Concrete
What book do Pony and Johnny read in the church?
Gone With the Wind
List the 5 different types of POVs and explain what each one is.
1st - I, me.
2nd - You
3rd Limited - Only one character's thoughts
3rd Objective - No character thoughts
3rd Omniscient - All character thoughts
Name one nonfiction text we read this year
Answers may vary
Name the six different types of signposts
Again and Again
Aha Moment
Words of the Wiser
Tough Question
Memory Moment
Contrast and Contradictions
What are all the types of figurative language we discussed in class? Must name all to get points
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
Allusion
Alliteration
Personification
Symbolism
What are the different types of text structure in a nonfiction piece? There are six
Cause and Effect
Descriptive
Chronological Order
Problem and Solution
Question and Answer
Compare and Constrast
Name at least five things we read in this class.
Drama unit does not count.
Answers will vary
Give me the entire order of an argumentative essay
Hook, reason 1 reason 2 counterclaim PS.
Restate R1 Support 1,2, and 3 Transition
Restate R2 Support 1, 2, and 3 Transition
Counterclaim, Why wrong, why wrong Transition
Restate PS, Restate R1, Restate R2, Call to action