Figurative Language
Elements of a Story
Vocabulary
Random
Game of Westing
1000

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

1000

where and when an event takes place in a short story. (1 word)

What is setting

1000

It is what the text or story is about. (two words)

What is the main or central idea?

1000

Name the 2 types of conflict

What are external conflict and internal conflict?

1000

Name the 2 partners for Team #8

(First and Last Names)

Hint:The Last team has the "mistake" in it

Who are Sydelle Pulaski and Angela Wexler?

2000

a direct comparison of two different things NOT USING "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

2000

The most intense or exciting high point of a short story. (1 word)

What is climax

2000

The reason why an author writes. (two words)

What is Author's Purpose?

2000

a sign or warning of whats going to happen next. (1 word)

What is foreshadowing?

2000

Turtle's real first name

What is Tabitha-Ruth?

3000

extreme exaggeration

Example:My mom is going to kill me when I get home.

What is a hyperbole?

3000

the main events of a short story. (1 word)

What is plot?

3000

When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word. (two words)

What are context clues?

3000

visually descriptive or figurative language. (1 word)


What is imagery?

3000

The idea that was stolen from Mr.Hoo

What are disposable diapers?

4000

the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"

What is onomatopoeia?

4000

The lesson or moral of a story. (1 word)

What is theme?

4000

The feeling the author wants the reader to get. (1 word)

What is mood?

4000

Making an educated guess within what you are reading. (1 word)

What is an inference?

4000

List the locations of the 4 bombs IN ORDER

1. Kitchen in Coffee Shop

2. Kitchen in Shin Hoo's Restaurant

3. Wexlers' Apartment

4.In the Elevator


5000
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
5000

the perspective from which the story's told. (3 words)

What is point of view?

5000

The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic. (1 word)

What is tone?

5000

a comparison between two things USING "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

5000

Name all of Windy Windkloppel's other names/characters he disguises as himself (4 first and last names)

Who are Sandy McSouthers, Barney Northrup, Julian Eastman, and Sam Westing?

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