Short Story
Poem
Essay
Play
Memoir
100
The place where the story takes place, were the events happen and the characters are.
What is the setting?
100
Roses are red, violets are blue is what type of poem?
What is a rhyming poem?
100
True or false: An essay has to be 2 pages long?
False: An essay can be any length.
100
What are some characteristics of a play?
Colons, scenes, characters, setting, dialogue, etc.
100
Who does a memoir have to be written about?
What is the author?
200
The main events that take place in the story. The main idea is told by this series of events.
What is the plot?
200
When you have a poem that is written from one main word and every sentence begins with a letter from that word, what poem are you writing?
What is an acrostic poem?
200
Daily Double: What type of author can write an essay?
What is any type of author? Anyone can write an essay.
200
What is dialogue?
When actors speak to each other or the audience. It is the act of communicating with someone.
200
True or false: A memoir has to be sad.
False. It can be any emotion the author is feeling.
300
In the story, The Case of the Missing Salamender, the Police Officer would be considered which element of the story?
What is a character?
300
When you are writing a poem in a certain format about your self, what type of poem are you writing?
What is an autobiographical poem?
300
What characteristic makes an essay different than any other genre?
It is about one big idea.
300
What characteristic does a play have to have in order to be a play and not another form of genre?
It is meant to be performed.
300
What characteristics can a memoir have?
Answers will vary
400
I woke up early and ate a bagel, soon after the bus came and I headed of to school. Which story element does this sentence show?
What is elapsed time?
400
Name another type of poem besides: rhyming, autobiographical and acrostic.
What is (Answers will vary)
400
Can an essay be fiction?
No, in order to be an essay it must be non-fiction and contain facts with the opinions.
400
Name a famous play.
What are (Answers will vary)
400
What is the difference between a memoir and an essay?
An essay is about one big idea, a memoir is about one event that happened in the author's life.
500
What five story elements make a short story?
What are elapsed time, change, plot, setting and characters?
500
In order to look like a poem, it must have one quality, what is that quality?
What is not touching either margin?
500
What can an essay be about?
Anything as long as you back it up with research/facts.
500
How long does a play have to be?
It does not have to be a certain length.
500
What is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography?
A memoir is about one part of your life, an autobiography is about your entire life.
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