Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Plot Diagrams
Grammar
Short Stories
100
a belief
What is conviction
100
reading in between the lines
What is inference
100
the first stage of a plot diagram
What is the Exposition
100
the acronym FANBOYS
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
100
the name of the main character in "A Bear Boy"
Who is Kou-Haya
200
a disapproving look
What is scowl
200
writing that is false
What is fiction
200
the point when the character comes face to face with the conflict of the story
What is the crisis
200
Place the comma in this sentence: If you are still hungry we are going to the grocery store after school.
What is "If you are still hungry, we are going to the grocery store after school."
200
the country where the grandma comes from in the story "Ribbons"
What is China
300
groups of something all together
What are clusters
300
includes the where and when of a story and happens in the exposition
What is setting
300
the resolution of the story tells this
What is the story comes to a reasonable ending.
300
Place comma in this sentence: The endangered forest was threatened again by the destructive locals but still the people were not willing to change.
What is "The endangered forest was threatened again by the destructive locals, but still the people were not willing to change."
300
in "Papa's Parrot," harry learns this
What is that his dad loved and missed him
400
to begin something again
What is resumed
400
the type of writing that tells a story
What is a narrative
400
the crisis in the story "A Bear Boy"
What is when the dad learns to take care off his boy and Hou-Kaya learns how to be a man.
400
Identify the subject and predicate: The outrageous circus clowns jumped through a flaming hoop.
What is subject: The outrageous circus clowns. What is predicate: jumped through a flaming hoop.
400
Victor made this face in "Seventh Grade" because he thought it was cool
What is a scowl
500
an optional course
What is elective
500
phrases not meant to be taken literally, such as "a piece of cake" "raining cats and dogs" or "hit the road"
What is an idiom
500
all five stages of a plot diagram in order
What is exposition, rising action, crisis, falling action, resolution.
500
Place the commas in this sentence: When we were going to the movie on Friday I saw one of my best friends but she did not see me.
What is: When we were going to the movie on Friday, I saw one of my best friends, but she did not see me.
500
the animal that chased the main character in "The Luckiest Time of All"
What is a dancing poodle
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