Every story includes this description of when and where the story takes place.
Setting
100
Which prefix means "again"?
re
100
Name one thing that makes poetry different from other types of writing.
may include:
-usually includes lots of descriptive language
-tells about feelings
-may rhyme
-organized in lines and stanzas
-often short
100
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things using LIKE or AS
simile
100
This part of speech names a person, place, or thing.
Noun
200
What is it called when the narrator telling the story is outside of the story? (hint: it uses words like him, her, his, theirs)
Third person point of view
200
Which suffix means "someone who"?
-or or -er
200
What is the term for a group of lines in a poem?
Stanza
200
This type of figurative language compares two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as
Metaphor
200
This part of speech is an action or a state of being
Verb
300
What point of view uses I, me, my or we, ours, us?
First person point of view
300
What are two prefixes that mean not or opposite of?
dis, un, im, mis
300
What is the name for a short poem that follows this pattern: line 1 has 5 syllables, line 2 has 7 syllables, line 3 has 5 syllables
Haiku
300
What is the metaphor in this line? What two things does it compare?
Rabbits hop and hop and hop upon a velvet lawn.
velvet lawn
compares the lawn to velvet
300
What part of speech describes a noun?
Adjective
400
What is the name for the hidden message or life lesson the author includes in the story?
The theme
400
What is a suffix that means capable of?
-able
400
Which one is an example of alliteration?
a) The day was hot as fire b) The tree's long arms scratched at the sky c) Five fine furry foxes frolicked in the forest
C) Five fine furry foxes frolicked in the forest
400
Name the three similes in this stanza:
Black as midnight,
Bad as the devil
With eyes like pieces of dark chocolate,
He thinks he’s king of the world,
My dog Berkley.
Black as midnight
Bad as the devil
eyes like pieces of dark chocolate
400
What is the subject of this sentence?
Maile, Kaylah, and Kianalyn stayed up all night at the slumber party.
Maile, Kaylah, and Kianalyn
500
How can a good reader understand and describe the characters in a story?
-look for what the character says, does, and thinks
-choose adjectives to describe the characters
-use text evidence to support your ideas
500
Write 3 words using the suffix -ity
answers will vary
500
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?
It's appalling bulbous body
is astonishingly red
And its fangs are sharp and gleaming
In its huge and horrid head
ABCB
500
Write a simile AND a metaphor to describe a kitten's fur.
answers vary
500
What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
Tyreece, Kornelious, and Sage rode their bikes to the quarry after school.