Character and Conflict
At which part of a story will the conflict reach its peak?
climax
If the narrator of a story uses the pronouns “I”, “me”, and “my”, and tells the story as a character within the story, what point-of-view is he or she using?
first-person point-of-view
These kind of informative texts are written in the inverted pyramid style and usually begin with a lede (lead).
Newspaper or informative articles
Is the following sentence in the ACTIVE or PASSIVE voice:
“Frank was eaten alive by alligators.”
passive
When researching, what research tool can be utilized through Google, Yahoo, and Bing?
search engines
When the author does not directly tell you about the character but allows you to make you inferences about the character through the character's words and actions, what type of characterization is being used?
indirect characterization
When descriptive words appeal to the five senses, an author is using ________________.
imagery
The author’s prejudice, preference, or opinion is called an author’s _______________.
bias
“To be or not to be” is an example of a(n) _________________ phrase.
infinitive
If you want to use someone else’s words or quotes, what does a writer do to credit another author? This protects the writer from being accused of stealing another’s work.
cite
When a character is fully developed by an author, what character type is being used?
round
When an author references a famous person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance, he/she is using a(n) ____________________.
allusion
The ____________ of an author depends on whether or not an author is an expert on what he/she writes about and whether or not the author might have a bias for or against the topic of his/her writing. It literally means the quality of being trusted or believed in.
credibility
What kind of punctuation mark(s) should go around the words “are you kidding me” in the following sentence?
“That cow are you kidding me just sat on grandma!”
dashes
Would original interviews conducted by a researcher be considered a primary or secondary source?
primary
When a character undergoes a dramatic, permanent change in his/her personality, what character type is being used?
dynamic
Read the following quote:
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.”
What literary device is used in this quote?
simile
Charts, graphs, maps, and timelines are all examples of _____________________________.
Graphic features or text features
What is the mood of the verb “were”
in the following sentence:
“If I were king of the world, we could ride a Greyhound bus all the way to the Galapagos.”
subjunctive
A researcher can use another’s ideas without directly quoting. How?
P.S. The researcher would still have to cite this source even if he/she doesn’t use direct quotes.
paraphrasing/summarizing
What is the term for the main character of a literary work?
protagonist
This is created when an author twists the audience’s expectations of what the audience thinks will happen.
irony
This text element can draw attention to words by making them seem louder or more important; it is often used for chapter headings
bold or boldface type
What kind of phrase “Happily humming” in the following sentence?
“Happily humming, the rhino gored his enemy in the face.”
participial phrase
When researching online, which source would be most credible?
•A commercial website (.com) •Wikipedia
•Facebook •A site ending in .edu or .gov
a site ending in .edu or .gov