Figurative Language
Roots and Affixes
Point of View
Story Elements
Author Techniques
100

A comparison of 2 unlike things that do NOT use the words "like" or "as".

What is a metaphor?

100

The word "copilot" means a second pilot in an aircraft. What does the prefix "co" mean?

What is with or together?

100

Uses pronouns such as I, me, we, ours...

What is first person point of view?

100

Includes time and place of a story, as well as introduces the reader to the characters...

What is the exposition?

100

The reason authors writes dramas, some poetry and plays.

What is to Entertain?

200

My favorite baseball player was up to bat. CRACK!! He hit the ball with all his power and made a homerun!

What is onomatopoeia?

200
The word autograph has the greek root "graph". Graph means...
What is write or draw
200

The narrator is a character in the story...

What is first person point of view?

200

The part of the story where tensions start to grow...

What is the rising action?

200

Why does an author choose to use sensory words in fictional stories?

What is to help the reader create visual images?

300

The tree danced in the cool, refreshing breeze.

What is personification?

300
Most songs have an interlude. This is a piece of music that connects a verse to the chorus. If "lude" means "tune", then "inter" means...
What is between
300

The narrator refers to characters by he, she, their, but doesn't allow the reader to know the thoughts of any of the characters. 

What is third person objective?

300

The events leading up to the climax...

What is the rising action?

300

Author's purpose in writing a newspaper article or science text book.

What is to inform?

400

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is alliteration?

400
The first Transcontinental Railroad was built in 1869. The railroad spanned the entire U.S. from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Trans- means...
What is across or beyond
400

Point of View often used in directions, self-help books, and business writing...

What is second person point of view?

400

The story ends but the conflict is not always resolved.

What is the resolution?

400

Foreshadowing is when the author...

What is give you clues about what to expect in the rest of the story?

500

I ran like a cheetah in the 50 yard dash.

What is a simile?

500
The suffix -ment means "time". Knowing this information, what does "merriment" mean?
What is happy or merry time
500

The narrator let's the reader in on the thoughts and feelings of two or more characters...

What is third person omniscient?

500

The part of the story where there is no turning back...

What is the climax?

500

The lesson/moral of a story.

What is theme?

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