This is a person, a force of nature, an animal found in stories. For example: Xander, Cassia, and Ky
What is
Character
100
The comparison of two unlike items using 'like' or 'as' is a ________________.
What is
Simile
100
Identify the author's purpose in the following:
Americans eat too much fast food these days. In order to cut down on obesity and disease, you should stop all consumption of fast food.
What is to persuade?
100
Correct the following sentence:
I need a shovel a pail and some sand
What is
I need a shovel, a pail, and some sand.
200
Correct the following sentence:
It is true their always late to school.
What is
It is true they're always late to school.
200
The method an author uses to reveal or describe characters and their various personalities.
What is
Characterization
200
An exaggeration or overstatement.
What is hyperbole?
200
Organizational pattern in writing that tells the order in which events happen. (first, next, then, and finally)
What is sequential order?
200
A Japanese form of poetry using natural imagery to convey a sense of mystery.
What is Haiku?
300
Choose the correctly written sentence:
A. The five student's worked hard.
B. The five students worked hard.
C. The five students worked hard
D. The five students' worked hard.
What is
B
300
The overall feeling, or effect, created by a writers use of words.
What is mood?
300
The two types of figurative language in the following:
"I need you like a heart needs a beat."
What is hyperbole and simile?
300
An organizational pattern that tells how two items are similar and different.
Ex: Bob and Bill both have talents in basketball, but Bob has more talent in baseball than Bill.
What is Compare and Contrast?
300
When a physical object stands for something else.
Ex: A red rose stands for love.
What is Symbolism?
400
Choose the correct answer:
The frightened pilot's face was ashen as he gingerly lowered the plane onto the Smith's private ________ that time was running out for his ailing friend.
A. runway: he knew
B. runway, he knew
C. runway. He knew
D. runway but he knew
What is
C
400
A reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.
What is
allusion
400
Poetry free of any restrictions; poetry not tied to a particular pattern.
What is free verse?
400
Identify 3 types of writing practiced during the 8th grade school year.
What are:
Narrative, expository, and argumentative/persuasive writing
400
Other than imagery, what device do these lyrics contain?
"Imagine a dirt road full of potholes, with a creek bank and some cane poles catching channel cat."
What is alliteration?
(creek, cane, catching, cat)
500
Choose the correct answer:
The Alaskan rivers are clear and sparkling in summer however, they are frozen in winter.
A. in summer, however they are frozen in winter.
B. in summer; however they are frozen in winter.
C. summer: however they are frozen in winter.
D. Leave as is.
What is
B
500
A term for an often repeated theme or idea in literature.
What is Motif?
500
A poem that tells a story.
What is narrative poetry?
500
An organizational pattern that states the action that caused a result?
Ex: Since Joe studied for his Math test, he earned an A.
What is Cause and Effect?
500
What is inferred from the following passage?
The sun was low in the sky. Ky's body ached. Blisters had formed on his hands. He set the rake down on the big pile of leaves and headed for the house.