figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
Plastic is made of this material
What is oil
where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
Many people think poems must do this, but not all poems do.
What is rhyme
a direct comparison of two different things
What is metaphor
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax
The reason why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose?
Mr Ferris' favorite sports team
Who are the Denver Nuggets?
These small animals are at risk of eating microplastics.
What are zooplankton
the main events of a short story
What is plot
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
The name of the documentary on plastic pollution
What is A Plastic Ocean
Microplastics are potentially toxic because of this.
What is the rough surface that fertilizers and chemicals attach to.
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
What is mood?
This type of word is used to describe an object.
What is an adjective
You might be eating plastic when you eat seafood because of this scientific sequence.
What is the food chain?
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
Colorado's State Flower.
What is a columbine?