Figurative Language
Conflict
Organizational Patterns
Plot
Reference Resources
100

The baby was as cute as a button.

Which figure of speech is being shown?

Simile
100

Ms. Lowles' class wanted to celebrate the end of the school year with an ice cream party; however, the rest of the school decided on having an assembly instead. Ms. Lowles' class fighting for their celebration is what kind of conflict?

Person vs. Society

100

Which organizational pattern is used to find/list similarities and differences between two things?

Compare and Contrast

100

What is the term for the beginning of the story?

Exposition

100

Which reference resource would you use to find out how to pronounce the word "dinosaur"?

Dictionary

200

My students are louder than a rock band!

What figure of speech is being shown?

Hyperbole

200

A storm comes through while you are camping and a tree falls on your tent and traps you underneath. 

What kind of conflict is being shown?

Person vs. Nature

200

This morning Julie's alarm didn't go off. Because her alarm didn't go off, she was TWO HOURS late to work.

Which organizational pattern is being used?

Cause and Effect

200

What does the term "Climax" mean?

The most important/exciting part of a story.

200

Which resource would you use to figure out how far away Wisconsin is, and in which direction?

Atlas

300

The pencil danced across the page as she wrote the lyrics to her new song.

What figure of speech is being shown?

Personification

300

A ghost from the Civil War is still haunting the house it lived in. A new person moves into the house and has a nasty run in with the ghost.

What type of conflict is being shown?

Person vs. Supernatural 

300

A text where the author presents a problem and possible ways to solve that problem.

Problem and Solution

300

What is the plot?

The events that make up a story.

"What happens in a story".

300

Which resource would you use to figure out what time the sunset is supposed to be for the next week?

Almanac

400

The classroom was an ice box. Everyone was shivering because of the cold.

What figure of speech is being shown?

Metaphor

400

Ms. Lowles can't decide is she is going to marry Thor or Aquaman. She keeps going back and forth about her decision.

What type of conflict is being shown?

Person vs. Self

400

A text structure that writers use for picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch

Description. 

400

What is the ending of the story referred to as?

Resolution

400

Which resource would you use to find another word to use instead of "very".

Thesaurus 

500

It's raining cats and dogs outside!

What figure of speech is being shown?

Idiom

500

An amazon echo spies on a family for years, learning everything about their lives. Soon, the Echo thinks it is a part of the family and begins doing things on its own that affects the family. 

What type of conflict is being shown?

Person vs. Technology

500

The purpose of the text is to organize information into general statements with supporting details.

Generalization 

500

Name the parts of the plot in the order that the happen (think of the diagram).

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.

500

Which resource would you use if you needed to write a paper on World War 2?

Encyclopedia.

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