Literary Elements
Plot
P.R.I.D.E.
Panther Paws
Random
100
This is the comparison of two unlike things with the words, "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
In the WoBP, this occurs when Kit saves Prudence's doll and she is accused of witchcraft.
What is the narrative hook?
100
In this part of the P.R.I.D.E. strategy, the reader highlights important facts and information in the passage.
What is I - Investigate step?
100
This is when writers often repeat specially chosen words or phrases to make a point, to stress certain ideas for the reader.
What is repetition for effect?
100
This is the central point that the author tries to convey in a story.
What is main idea?
200
'I'm starving to death" is an example of what literary element?
What is a hyperbole?
200
In this part of plot, the reader learns about the characters and the setting of the story.
What is the exposition?
200
In this part of the P.R.I.D.E. strategy, the reader reads through the questions before they read the passage.
What is P-Predict part?
200
"If I had a ketchup stain on my shirt, or if my hair looked like a squirrel built a nest in it or if I had spinach in my teeth, my friend would tell me the truth no matter what!" is an example of what Panther Paw?
What is a magic three?
200
This is any type of text that is informational in nature.
What is expository texts?
300
"No...said Paula, with the calm control of a prosecutor," is an example of what?
What is a metaphor?
300
These are examples of this from the WoBP: the charter and politics and Nat's jealousy of William Ashby.
What is sub-plot?
300
In this part of the P.R.I.D.E. strategy, the reader highlights any key words within the question.
What is R-Read part?
300
Repeating a phrase from the beginning of a piece at the end is known as this.
What is a full circle ending?
300
This is the struggle that a character or characters in a story must overcome.
What is conflict?
400
The street was "weed-choked and broken into a mosaic of asphalt...skeletal hedges clung to picket fences." What makes this scene effective?
What is imagery?
400
This is the difference between falling action and resolution.
What is falling action explains the result of the climax and the resolution ties up all the loose ends?
400
In this part of the P.R.I.D.E. strategy, the reader writes and circles the question number beside the highlighted information that answers the question.
What is the D-Dig It Up part.
400
"I-don't-want-to-lose-my-friends sort of look" is an example of what Panther Paw?
What is hyphenated modifier?
400
This is the author's attitude toward the subject he is writing and the audience.
What is tone?
500
"I could hear the wind breathing across the mouth of the storm cellar" is an example of what?
What is personification?
500
These are the six elements of plot in order.
What is exposition, narrative hook, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution?
500
In this part of the P.R.I.D.E. strategy, the reader eliminates the wrong answers by crossing out the letter.
What is the E-Eliminate/Evaluate part?
500
"As the sweat soaked through my deep blue uniform, and my heart began to beat like a horse's legs thumping against the coarse sand of a racetrack, with a face distinguised by fear, but the heart of a champion, I stepped up to the plate. As the pitcher made his wind up my throat began to crack and crumble and my socks began to whither. My knees began to knock and a lion came alive inside of me" is known as what type of Panther Paw?
What is an expanded moment?
500
In this type of point of view, the narrator reveals only the actions and words without the benefit of the inner thougths and feelings.
What is objective point of view?
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