Genres
Give one example of realistic fiction that we've read in class.
What is Red Roses? OR What is The Medicine Bag?
DOUBLE POINTS!: The definition of this word from The Banana Tree by James Berry is "having or showing no pity."
What is merciless?
Write an example of personification.
Example: The trees danced in the wind. / The bells sang quietly in the rain.
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The inference equation.
What is Background Knowledge (Schema) + Text Evidence = Inference / BK+TE=I?
Genre that includes fake stories that could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction?
The definition of this word from Bird by Liz Berry is "difficult; very complicated."
What is thorny?
The grammatical rule that a sentence's subject and verb must match in number (singular or plural).
What is subject-verb agreement?
An indirect comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
Summaries should not include this kind of statement.
What is an opinion?
A fast-paced literary genre where an exciting journey, physical danger, and high stakes drive the main storyline.
What is adventure fiction?
The definition of this word from The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Hawk Snell is "in a tired way."
What is wearily?
DOUBLE POINTS!: One theme of The Medicine Bag by Virginia Driving Hawk Snell.
Example: Embracing your heritage can shape your identity.
When a poet gives a non-human object a human quality.
What is personification?
The coordinating conjunctions IN ORDER according to the acronym FANBOYS.
A short, song-like poem that expresses a speaker's personal emotions and inner feelings rather than telling a full story.
What is lyric poetry?
The definition of this word from Bird by Liz Berry is "hardening; thickening."
What is callousing?
The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun replaces or refers back to.
What is a pronoun antecedent?
Descriptive language used to appeal to the five senses and create mental pictures.
What is sensory language? OR What is imagery?
The components of a complex sentence.
What is an independent clause, a dependent clause, and a subordinating conjunction?
DOUBLE POINTS!: A long, serious narrative poem that recounts the extraordinary deeds, adventures, and quest of a heroic protagonist.
What is epic poetry?
The definition of this word from The Banana Tree by James Berry is "violently stormy."
What is tempestuous?
A noun, noun phrase, or clause that sits next to another noun or pronoun to rename, explain, or identify it.
What is an appositive?
When the first letters of each word in a line make the same consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
DOUBLE POINTS!: The correct orientation of a RACES Anchor Chart.
See Anchor Chart.