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B
C
D
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100
What is the setting of a story?
Where/when the story takes place
100
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
100
When the narrator uses "She, He, they" it is written in this perspective
third person
100
What is the opening paragraph to your writing called?
Introduction
100
We saw her at the movies.
What are the pronouns in this sentence?
We, her
200
The problem of the story
conflict
200
The message or lesson of the story
Theme
200
What is a thesis statement?
a statement that tells what a writing will be about
200
She is busy as a bee.
What kind of figurative language is this?
Simile
200
What is text evidence?
Evidence you can pull directly from the passage to back you up
300
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
To tell how things are the same or different
300
Give me an example of a preposition.
many answers
300
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = a made up story
Nonfiction = text based on factual information
300
How many sentences are in a paragraph?
4-6
300
Which sentences are examples of metaphors. Choose all that apply.
The sun was a bright ball of fire.
The bunny was as soft as velvet.
The shoes were like a smelly skunk.
That test was as easy as pie.
A) The sun was a bright ball of fire.
400
Which word in the sentence is the proper noun?
"Ms. Smith was so excited to teach her students this new lesson."
Ms. Smith
400
How many lines are in a Haiku poem?
three
400
What is a verb?
An action or something you can do
400
What are the verbs in this sentence:
She watched him play at the park.
watched and play
400
Name 3 adjectives
description words
500
Which of the following is an example of a helping verb?
A) had B) went
C) jumped D) jumping
A) had
500
What is at the top if the plot diagram?
Climax
500
How many nouns are in this sentence:
Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.
4
500
What is meter?
The ending of the verse in a poem
A type of poem that connects feeling and emotions.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
The ending words that rhyme
3. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
500
Read This Poem: “There Once Was an Old Man with a Beard” by Edward Lear
There once was an old man with a beard
Who said, “It is just as I feared!
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!”
Name the type of Poetry:
a) Haiku
b) Limerick
c) Free Verse
d) Concrete Poem
b) Limerick