Identify the subject in the following sentence:
The spotted black dog ran quickly down the road.
What is dog?
100
This is the narrative perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
100
This is the problem in a story.
What is conflict?
100
This is a comparison that uses like or as.
EX: He ate like a horse.
What is a simile?
200
Identify the predicate in the following sentence:
The spotted black dog ran quickly down the road.
What is ran?
200
This occurs when the author gives hints about upcoming events within a story in order to create suspense.
What is foreshadowing?
200
This can be the point of highest interest or the turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
200
This is an exaggeration.
EX: The shirt was a million sizes too big.
What is hyperbole?
300
Identify the adverb(s) in the following sentence:
The spotted black dog ran quickly down the road.
What is quickly?
300
This is when the action of the story moves back in time to relate events that occurred in the past.
What is flashback?
300
This is the portion of the plot where conflict is developed and complications begin to build.
What is rising action?
300
The snow was a blanket of white on the hillside.
This is the name of this type of comparison.
What is a metaphor?
400
Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
The spotted black dog ran quickly down the road.
What are spotted and black?
400
The message of the story is called this.
What is theme?
400
This is the portion of the plot where readers should feel everything is resolved within the story.
What is the resolution?
400
This is when an author's writing appeals to the reader's five senses.
EX: The ripe, red strawberries smelled sweet as the warm, gentle breeze blew over them.
What is imagery?
500
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
The spotted black dog ran quickly down the road.
What is down the road?
500
This is the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
What is fiction is made up while non-fiction is factual?
500
These are the three items introduced during the exposition.
What are the setting, characters, and initial conflict?
500
This is a phrase that has a meaning beyond the words being said and is often specific to a region or country.
EX: Don't beat around the bush answering this question!