Text Connections
Question Types
Plot Diagram
Literary Terms
Miscellaneous
100
A connection to another book, a film, or a song is:
What is a text-to-text connection?
100
The answers to ___________ questions must be pieced together from facts and hints in the texts.
What is an inferential question?
100
The events in a story make up the:
What is plot?
100
A person or other actor in a story is a:
What is character?
100
The prefix -un in unforgettable means _____________.
What is not or not forgettable?
200
A connection to something that has happened to someone personally is:
What is a text-to-self connection?
200
The answers to ____________ questions can be found and pointed to in the text.
What is a factual question?
200
This is the turning point of a story or the highest point of suspense.
What is climax?
200
The time and place in which a story takes place is the:
What is setting?
200
Giving human-like characteristics to animals or inanimate objects.
What is personification?
300
A connection to something going on in the news is:
What is text-to-world connection?
300
The answers to _________ questions ask for a judgment about something.
What is an evaluative question?
300
The final outcome of the story.
What is resolution?
300
The main idea of a story is the:
What is theme?
300
An indirect comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is simile?
400
A student says that the play Romeo and Juliet reminds them of West Side Story. This is an example of a text-to-______ connection.
What is text-to-text?
400
"Why does Peeta throw Katniss the bread?" is an example of this question type.
What is an inferential question?
400
Events after the climax that lead to an ending.
What is falling action?
400
Action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding
What is flashback?
400
A direct comparison of two unlike things using "is" or "are."
What is metaphor?
500
A student sees a story in the news about a man with cancer who started a charity and volunteers his time helping others. This reminded him of A Shining Season. This is an example of a text-to-_______ connection.
What is text-to-world?
500
"In your opinion, do you think that Katniss should have pretended to like Peeta?" is an example of of this question type.
What is an evaluative question?
500
The part of the story that builds suspense as the problem gets worse.
What is rising action?
500
A hint of things to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
The term "jumbo shrimp" is an example of a(n)___________.
What is an oxymoron?
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