Things associated with plot, characters, and story characteristics
Things associated with reading skills and strategies
100
a literary work in which action is the main element. An adventure novel usually focuses on a main character who is on a mission and is facing many challenges.
What is Adventure story?
100
how the writer choses to narrate a story.
***BONUS POINT***
Name 3 pronouns used in 1st person point of view.
What is point of view?
*****I, ME, MY, MINE, OURS*****
100
a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of literature.
What is allusion?
100
is a force that works against the main character.
What is antagonist?
100
a way of thinking that starts with the facts and ends with a general conclusion.
What is inductive reasoning?
200
a writer's account of his/her life.
****BONUS POINT******
Name an autobiography we read this year!
What is autobiography?
*** Anne Frank, One Last Time, Dreams from My Father***
200
a lesson that the story teaches
What is moral?
200
a point by point comparison between two things that are alike in some way.
What is analogy?
200
the way a writer creates and develops characters.
What is characterization?
200
a broad statement about something that is based on a study or a belief.
What is generalization?
300
a short version of an event that is usually intended to entertain or make a point.
What is anecdote?
300
the feeling that the writer creates for the reader.
What is mood?
300
an overused expression.
What is cliche`?
300
the point of greatest interest in a story or a play.
What is climax?
300
the ideas and feelings associated with the word, not a dictionary definition.
What is connotation?
400
a work of fiction that concentrates on a single idea and can be read in one sitting.
What is short story?
400
the narrator is a character in the story.
What is first person?
400
creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true.
What is understatement?
400
2 POINT BONUS QUESTION!!!!
**What are the two types of conflict?
You must answer both correctly!
What is internal and external?
400
the dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
500
the true account of a person's life written by another person.
What is biography?
500
the unique combination of ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs that influence the way a writer looks at a topic.
What is author's perspective?
500
giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
500
a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
What is theme?
500
an alphabetized list of the important topics covered in a book and the page numbers where they can be found.