The chain of related events that tells you what happens in a story.
What is plot
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is noun
100
What is Greg’s main problem at the beginning of the story?
What is Greg’s father says he cannot play ball because he is failing math.
100
When Greg hears a scraping noise, he listens
a. casually.
b. calmly.
c. intently.
What is c. intently
100
What is the first step of the writing process?
writing revising prewriting publishing
What is prewriting
200
Provides a background—a time period and place in which the action occurs.
What is setting
200
A word that takes the place of a noun
What is pronoun
200
Why is Lemon Brown in the tenement building?
What is: He is homeless.
200
A scraping noise in the dark can best be described as
a. harmless.
b. curious.
c. ominous.
What is ominous
200
What step comes after prewriting?
writing revising prewriting publishing
What is writing
300
What is the setting of The Treasure of Lemon Brown?
What is Harlem, New York, in an old abandoned tenement
300
a general person, place, or thing.
Ex: doctor, store, book
What is common noun
300
Why did Lemon Brown want his son to have his treasure?
What is: the treasure represented what Brown had done and gave his son hope.
300
When something is unplanned, like a speech. This is :
a. probing
b. impromptu
c. ominous
What is impromptu
300
What step comes after writing?
writing revising prewriting publishing
What is revising
400
_________ is the base of the mountain or the beginning of the story. This is where the author sets up the story.
What is exposition
400
a specific person, place, thing, or brand name.
Ex: Doctor Phil, Target, Lord of the Flies
What is proper noun
400
Who does Greg have a conflict with at the beginning of the story?
What is his father
400
searching or investigating:
a. tentatively
b. impromptu
c. probing
What is probing
400
What step comes after revising?
writing revising prewriting publishing
What is pulishing
500
The turning point in a story, when you have reached the top of the mountain. The excitement has built and the story is moving in a different direction.
What is climax
500
replace the sentence with pronouns:
Here is a sentence without pronouns:
When Lemon Brown crashed into the thugs, ?Lemon Brown scared the thugs away.
What is he scared them away
500
What is Lemon Brown’s treasure?
What is a harmonica and newspaper clippings
500
uncertain or in a hesitant way:
a. tentatively
b. intently
c. probing