Fiction
What is a plot diagram?
Fill in the blank.
Non-fiction passages are organized using _______ of _____________.
What is patterns of organization?
A piece of figurative language when you compare using like or as.
What is a similie?
"She got abducted by aliens last night."
What type of conflict is this?
"Two people get into an argument in the hallway."
What is Man v Man?
What is the beginning of the story where you find out the characters, setting and background information called?
What is exposition?
What type of pattern of organization is it when something is in TIME ORDER?
What is chronological?
A piece of figurative language when you give something nonhuman human characteristics.
What is personification?
What part of the plot diagram is this?
"Our story begins with Sally, she is a 15 year old girl who attends Lynchfield Highschool. She is a member of the soccer team. As she walks to school she thinks back to soccer tryouts and how excited she was that she was able to make the team."
What is exposition?
What is chronological order?
What is the turning point of the story?
What is climax?
What type of pattern of organization is it when it is written in the order that it will/should happen?
What is sequence [of events]?
A piece of figurative language that should not be taken literally.
What is idiom?
What type of figurative language is this?
"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore."
What is alliteration?
What type of figurative language is this?
"BOOM!!"
What is onomatopoeia?
List the 6 types of conflict.
What are:
Man v. Man, Man v. Self, Man v. Nature, Man v. Supernatural, Man v. Technology, and Man v. Society
List all the types of patterns of organization.
What are:
sequence, chronological order, problem and solution, cause and effect, compare and contrast, descriptive
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Think of 3 possible solutions for this problem.
"Students are doing poorly on tests"
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Fill in the blank.
Making an _______ is when you make an educated guess based on information you already know from the story.
What is inference?
Have a member of your group come up and draw/label the plot diagram.
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What type of pattern of organization is this? "There is graffiti all over the hallways. It is distracting the students and causing the school to look ugly and old. There are a few ways we can fix this problem. The first would be to erase the old graffiti on the walls. The next would be to watch the cameras carefully to hopefully find who is writing on the walls and stop the problem from happening again."
What is problem and solution?
Find the two pieces of figurative language in this sentence... "Why is she acting like a clown? It is seriously driving me nuts!"
List all the types of figurative language.
What are:
simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, idiom, alliteration
What type of pattern of organization is this? My mom took the pie out of the oven. The smell of apples filled the room and my mouth began to water much I almost drooled. As the oven door opened, the kitchen warmed up and it felt as if I was wrapped in a blanket fresh out of the dryer. All I could think about was scooping some vanilla ice cream onto that pie and eating it until I was so full I may burst."
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What is descriptive?