Nonfiction
Trickster Tales
Poetry
Plays
Narratives
100
What do all nonfiction stories have?
Real and True Events, Facts, Accurate Information
100
Who played a trick in "The Greedy Spider?"
Both spider and the turtle
100
Name three elements of poetry.
Various Answers: Repitition, Line Patterns, Rhyming Words, Stanzas, Rhythm
100
What is the one element/characteristic that plays have that no other genre has?
Stage Directions
100
What are the 4 parts of a narrative?
Character, Setting, Plot, Theme
200
What is one element that does not make a story nonfiction? A. Real Events B. Facts C. Text Feature D. True Information
C. Text Feature
200
Name 3 elements of a trickster tale.
Trickster, a trick, setting in a forest or jungle, animal personification, problem being solved by a trick, clever trickster
200
"Roses are red. Violets are blue. Sugar is sweet. So why aren't you?" What element/characteristic makes this a poem?
rhyming words
200
Stage directions tell you what two things?
How the character feels or what the character is doing (Feelings and actions)
200
Nathaniel went home one day and put his bookbag down. Suddenly, his bookbag began to move on its own. He stepped closer to it and his book bag began to shake....and then growl! He reached for the zipper and....What is the setting of this narrative?
Nathaniel's house
300
Why is a biography considered nonfiction?
It is a story about a real person's life with true and factual information.
300
In "Rabbit Races With Turtle," who was the trickster?
Turtle
300
What is the one element that poems have that no other genre has?
Stanzas
300
Chicken: (Angrily) Where are my eggs?!? Duck: (Surprised) Your eggs are gone? Chicken: Yes! Someone stole my eggs! in this short play, who is angry?
Chicken
300
Name the setting and 2 characters from the narrative Aunt Fox and the Fried Fish.
Setting: Aunt and Uncle Fox's house Characters: Aunt Fox, Uncle Fox, Uncle Tiger
400
What is an expository?
Any text that is not a narrative
400
Name one character trait of a trickster
Possible Answers: Clever, cruel, greedy
400
(1) Roses are red. (2) Tulips are pink. (3) Please wear some shoes, (4) because your feet stink! In this short poem, which lines rhyme?
2 and 4
400
Chicken: (Jumping up and down) Where are my eggs?!? Duck: (Looking towards) Your eggs are gone? Chicken: Yes! Someone stole my eggs! Do the stage directions in these lines tell you how the characters feel or what they are doing?
What they are doing?
400
Which sentence could begin a summary of "The Greedy Spider?" A. Spider was a greedy trickster. B. Spider liked to eat food. C. Turtle had to clean his feet. D. Turtle played a trick on Spider to get revenge.
A. Spider was a greedy trickster.
500
Can nonfiction be expository and a narrative?
NO!
500
Name 3 tricksters we've read about this year.
Possible answers: Aunt Fox, Turtle, Spider, Rabbit, Jackal, Sparrow, Lion
500
(1) I went to the park one cold, dark night (2) to see if I could catch, in flight, (3)an elusive bat, brown and furry (4) but all I saw was a dog. Which lines rhyme?
Lines 1 and 2
500
What does a narrator do in a play?
The narrator tells what is happening
500
In the narrative "Mother's Day Special," which setting affects the plot them most? A. Tim's bedroom B. Kerry's room C. the kitchen D. Mom's room
C. The kitchen
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