Fiction
Fill in the blank: exposition, rising action, _______, falling action, resolution.
What is climax?
A text structure that shows similarities and differences between two topics.
What is compare/contrast?
Words that simulate the sounds they describe (boom, crash, etc).
What is onomatopoeia?
What is an adjective?
The country in which the story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi was set.
What is India?
A supernatural story from an ancient culture that reflects a culture's values and explains something about the universe.
What is a myth?
Specific information drawn from a text that supports a writer's claim.
What is evidence?
A comparison of two unlike subjects using the word like or as.
What is simile?
A group of words that includes a subject and verb, but is not necessarily a complete sentence.
What is a clause?
The location the main character of The Tell Tale Heart hid the body of his victim.
What is under the floorboards?
The act of giving a non-human characters human characteristics.
What is personification?
These include headings, sidebars, pictures, captions, and subtitles, and provide the reader with additional information.
What are text features?
A pattern of repeated sounds at the beginning of words in a line of poetry.
What is alliteration?
What is opponent?
The rank of the mysterious Zaroff in The Most Dangerous Game.
What is general?
A character who has to survive in dangerous wilderness likely struggles with which of the main types of conflict?
What is man vs. nature?
A source is considered ________ when it contains trustworthy, accurate information and is unbiased.
What is credible?
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables used in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
Independent or subordinate clause: when the game was finally over.
What is a subordinate clause?
The name of the wizard who assisted King Arthur and his father Uther.
Who is Merlin?
The message or lesson an author communicates through a story.
What is theme?
The main point an author attempts to prove.
What is claim?
A poem written from the perspective of the main character would be considered what point of view?
What is first person?
Give the part of speech of the italicized word: They drove to the beach with their friends.
What is a preposition?
The name of Mr. Piersma's all-time favorite series of books and movies.
What is The Lord of the Rings?