Word Analysis
Hatchet
Elements of Fiction
Poetry Type
Figurative Language
100
This type of word part is attached to the beginning of a root word.
What is a prefix?
100

Who was Brian going to visit at the start of the book?

His father.

100
People and animals in the story.
What are characters?
100

3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables

A haiku

100
Name the figurative device: She is as pretty as a picture.
What is a simile?
200
This resource is used to look up synonyms and antonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
200

What did Brian's mother give him before he flew?

A hatchet. 

200
Two types: internal and external.
What is conflict?
200

Also called "Shape Poetry"

Concrete

200
Name the figurative device: The cup jumped right off the counter and crashed onto the floor.
What is personification?
300
Comparing words using a certain type of pattern.
What is an analogy?
300

What happened to the pilot?

He died of a heart attack

300
Series of events in the story.
What is plot?
300

5 lines, rhyming scheme of AABBA

Limerick 

300
Name the figurative device: Study steadily for your SOL!
What is alliteration?
400
The farmer planted the crop and watered it. What word in the sentence has a suffix that means "one who?"
What is "farmer?"
400

What is Brian's last name?

Robeson

400
"It was a dark and stormy night on Daimler Dr." Name the element of fiction being described here.
What is setting?
400

A poem with free form from regular meter or rhythm. 

Free verse. 

400
Name the figurative device: My backpack weighs 1,000 lbs!
What is hyperbole?
500
Use this reference material to find statistics about a specific area.
What is an almanac?
500

How old is Brian?

13

500
The abstract main idea--the moral or lesson learned.
What is theme?
500

A poem that has narration and can have a AABB rhyming scheme. 

Ballad

500
Name the figurative device: The driver beeped her car horn at the car that cut her off in traffic.
What is onomatopoeia?
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