Point of View / Poetry
Figurative Language
Literary Terms / Author's Purpose
Parts of Speech / Grammar
Plot Elements
100

Name a type of poem.

What is [haiku, free verse, sonnet, elegy...answers may vary]?

100

This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."

What is simile?

100

Purpose of:

informational text

to inform

100

A person, place, or thing.

What is noun?

100

Where and when the story takes place.

What is setting?

200

Determine the POV:

"Then he walked past the house, still unsure of his final destination."

What is 3rd person POV?

200

KABOOM!

What is onomatopoeia? 

200

The struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

What is conflict?

200

pretty

What is adjective?

200

The point where the story reaches its highest level of conflict.

What is climax?

300

The arrangement or grouping of lines in a poem.

What is stanza?

300

It's raining cats and dogs.

What is idiom?

300

Author's purpose "PIE" consists of...

1.

2.

3.

What is...

1. to Persuade

2. to Inform

3. to Entertain

300

Identify the verb:

The beautiful girl sang softly.

What is sang?

300

The end of the story.

What is resolution?

400

Identifiers of second person POV.

What is you, your, and yours?

400

I've told you a million times to clean your room!

What is hyperbole?

400

This literary term refers to the message, or universal life lesson, of a story.

What is theme?

400

Determine the correction that needs to be made:

"The group of students goes to the library every Wednesday to study."

What is [...groups of students go to the library...]?

400

This event sets the story in motion.

What is inciting incident? 

500

This POV knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

What is third person omniscient? 

500

"The wind whispered through the trees, secrets only they could hear."

What is personification? 

500

Purpose of:

A medical article detailing the negative side effects of smoking.

What is to persuade?

500

Identify the adverb:

The beautiful girl sang softly.

What is softly?

500

At this point in the plot, the story and characters are introduced along with any background information.

What is exposition?

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