Vocabulary
Literature
Literary Terms
Writing
Stories we've read
100
mild, or pleasant (as in weather)
BALMY
100
This writer writes primarily science fiction stories, like "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and the science fiction story, "All Summer In A Day"
RAY BRADBURY
100
This is a comparison of two things that uses the words "like" or "as" to show their relationship. EXAMPLE- "She was tall like a tower."
SIMILE
100
What type of punctuation mark is used to end a simple sentence?
PERIOD
100
What is Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry's last name?
CURTIS
200
To comfort, or help to feel better
CONSOLE
200
This writer writes books for teenagers like "Tex," "That Was Then, This Is Now," and "The Outsiders"
SE Hinton
200
Writing that uses situations and characters (like speaking animals) to tell the story.
FANTASY
200
A group of sentences that deal with a single idea or subject is called a ______.
PARAGRAPH
200
What is another name for a play the tells the Christmas story and is put on in a church?
PAGEANT
300
A group of homes/businesses that is smaller than a town
VILLAGE
300
Who was the writer of the play, "The Miracle Worker?"
William Gibson
300
This type of NOUN is always capitalized, and speaks of a PARTICULAR person, place, thing, or idea
PROPER NOUN
300
What do the first word in sentences, proper nouns, and names of people, cities, and subjects in school have in common?
THEY'RE CAPITALIZED
300
On what planet does Ray Bradbury's "All Summer In A Day" take place?
VENUS
400
to walk along lazily
AMBLE
400
Name the brothers who collected and wrote down folk tales and became famous as fairy tale writers?
THE GRIMM BROTHERS
400
The place and time in which a story happens is called the _______.
SETTING
400
What punctuation mark is used to end a sentence in which the speaker is VERY excited?
AN EXCLAMATION POINT
400
Helen Keller's "first word" in "The Miracle Worker" was _____.
WATER
500
in the shape of a curve
ARC
500
This mother and writer created the Herdman family and their adventures in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever..."
BARBARA ROBINSON
500
The sequence of events in a story is called the _________.
PLOT
500
Writing in which the speaker participates in a story they tell is ____ person.
FIRST
500
What was Rapunzel's most obvious feature?
HAIR
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