Fiction
Non-Fiction
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Poetry
Reading
100

The problem in a story is also called...

What is conflict

100

What is the purpose of a topic sentence?

What is to identify the central idea of a paragraph or subheading

100

Define the word theme

What is the lesson or message that the author wants you to learn by the end of a story

100
What is the term given to the element when the initial sounds of a word, beginning either with a consonant or a vowel, are repeated in close succession?
What is alliteration?
100
What is the character who opposes the hero or creates the conflict?
What is an antagonist?
200

The time and place where a story takes place

What is setting

200

Name 3 different types of non-fiction texts

What is biography, newspaper, magazine, documentary

200
"Begin now by taking advantage of this phenomenal offer." What does phenomenal mean?
What is extraordinary?
200
What is the name of the literary device that is something in itself, and it also suggests something deeper?
What is a symbol?
200
What is an account of a person's life written by that person?
What is autobiography?
300

Give two examples of fiction works

What is short story, novel, historical fiction

300

Name 3 text features found in non-fiction texts

What is subheadings, captions, images, footnotes

300
Lines from "My Fingers" read: "Frail of an eggshell/Pull of a string" suggests the speaker does what?
What is appreciates life's little details.
300
What is the literary device often found in poetry, when you mean literally, exactly what you say?
What is denotation?
300
What is a moment of great intensity in the plot of a literary work, generally bringing events to a head and leading to the conclusion?
What is climax?
400

Name 3 text features that you might find in a fiction text

What is title, dialogue, pictures

400

The opposing side or opinion to your claim in an argument text

What is counterclaim

400
"When the shepherd's whistle releases her, she's off like an arrow running east." What literary device is used in this sentence?
What is simile?
400
What is the literary device when the idea created means something else, something that might be initially hidden, and not to be taken literally?
What is connotation?
400
What is a conversational passage in a narrative or play used to advance the plot or develop the characters?
What is dialogue?
500

Label the 5 parts of a plot mountain

What is exposition, rising action (conflict), climax, falling action, resolution

500

Which one of these is most likely a central idea... a. United States has 5 percent of the world population, yet approximately 25 percent of its prisoners. b. Prisons have exploded with the "war on drugs": more than 500,000 people—nearly a quarter of all those incarcerated—are incarcerated as the result of a drug conviction. c. Mass incarceration effects individuals and families in negative ways both during and after incarceration. d. In 2009, the federal government held over 380,000 people in immigration custody.

What is C

500
His words were a dagger stabbing at my heart. What literary device is used here?
What is metaphor? or, What is personification?
500
What is a reference, within a literary work, to another work of fiction, a film, a piece of art, or even a real event?
What is an allusion?
500
What is the perspective from which a story is told; may be first person, third person, or less commonly, second person?
What is point-of-view?
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