Name That Genre
This genre includes magical or impossible elements such as spells, talking creatures, or invented worlds.
What is Fantasy?
"Her smile was like a sunshine on a rainy day."
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a Simile?
Details that appeal to sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch
What are Sensory Details?
What is one simple way to expand on this sentence?
"The cat slept."
Add a detail (any specific addition is acceptable).
Example: "The cat slept on the warm windowsill."
This term describes how the writer feels toward the subject, such as sarcastic, angry, or hopeful.
What is Tone?
A genre focused on relationships, emotional connection, and the development of love or attraction, often using warm, hopeful, or intimate language
What is Romance?
"The classroom was a zoo this morning."
Which figurative device is used here?
What is a Metaphor?
Rewrite this "telling" sentence into a "showing" sentence:
"She was nervous."
Example: "Her hands trembled as she adjusted her sleeves for the fifth time."
Combine the two sentences into one clear, descriptive sentence:
"The storm approached. Thunder rolled in the distance."
Example: "The storm approached as thunder rolled in the distance."
This term describes how the reader is meant to feel, such as calm, tense, or amused.
What is Mood?
A character uncovers clues to solve a puzzle or crime. The story builds tension as readers try to figure out the answer before the end.
What is Mystery?
"The wind whispered secrets through the trees."
What device is being used when the wind is given human characteristics?
Why is Personification?
Which sentence is more descriptive, and why?
A: "The hallway was noisy."
B: "Lockers clanged and voices bounced off the walls as students rushed past."
Sentence B, because it uses specific sensory details instead of general statements.
Name TWO ways to extend a sentence without creating a run-on.
Any two of the following:
Adding a prepositional phrase
Adding a participial phrase
Using descriptive verbs
Adding sensory detail
Adding a dependent clause
Adding adverbs / adjectives
Identify the tone of this sentence:
"I just love when group projects are assigned the day before break," she muttered."
What is Sarcastic?
(Accept annoyed, frustrated, etc., but sarcastic is strongest.)
The plot focuses on technology, space, or scientific ideas that are advanced, futuristic, or speculative, but could plausibly exist one day.
What is Science Fiction?
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What type of figurative language exaggerates to make a point?
What is Hyperbole?
What is one strategy for making a setting feel vivid without adding more adjectives?
Acceptable answers examples:
Using strong verbs, adding specific actions, using sensory details, showing how characters interact with the environment
Expand this sentence using TWO different types of modifiers. Do NOT add a new action.
"The teacher spoke."
(Choose: adjective, adverb, prepositional phrase, participial phrase)
Any version that
- keeps "spoke" as the only verb
- adds two modifiers of different types
- stays grammatical
Identify the mood created by this description:
"Rain tapped steadily on the empty street. A single streetlight flickered as the wind pressed against the windows."
What is Eerie?
(Accept: tense, uneasy, foreboding, gloomy, etc.)
The story creates suspense or fear, often using darkness, danger, or the unknown. The goal is to make readers feel uneasy or scared.
What is Horror?
"You could hear the silence pressing down like a thick blanket, and the scent of damp earth made the air heavy."
Identify two types of figurative language in this sentence.
What are Imagery (sensory description) and Simile ("like a thick blanket")?
Explain why the following sentence is NOT considered descriptive, even though it uses adjectives:
"It was a nice, big, interesting park."
Because the adjectives are vague, not specific or sensory. They don't help the reader visualize the scene.
Explain why the following expanded sentence is ineffective:
"The dog barked loudly, very loudly, loudly again, in a loud voice."
Because the expansion is repetitive, lacks meaningful detail, and does not provide specific or vivid information.
Rewrite JUST THE TONE of this line to change the mood from tense to playful:
"He stepped into the dark hallway, gripping his backpack like a shield."
Any version that:
- keeps the hallway scene
- uses playful tone words / images
- lightens the mood