Story Elements
Identify the antagonist and protagonist of the following books -
The Magician's Nephew, Old Yeller, and A Single Shard.
The Magician's Nephew - Jadis and Digory
Old Yeller - Rabies and Travis
A Single Shard - Min and Tree-ear
Sunday is cleaning day. By the time we're done, the house is as clean as a whistle.
Simile
Putting events in a story or book in the order in which they occurred.
Sequencing
What's the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Simile compares two unlike things by using like or as. (A metaphor compares two unlike things by using is, are or was).
The four divided sections of your binder (without looking in your binder).
What is the exposition for Blue Birds?
Characters - Kimi and Alis
Setting - 1587 Roanoke, Virginia
Incident that sets the story in motion - Alis's family arriving in Roanoke
My alarm clock yelled at me to get out of bed this morning.
Personification
What are three ways to determine the meaning of a word?
Look at the word, look at the word in the sentence, schema.
Identify 3 types of figurative language.
Simile, Metaphor, personification, idiom, etc
What did we do for homework on Wednesday the week of August 16th?
Figurative Language and Comprehension questions for Blue Birds
What are three rising actions for A Magician's Nephew?
Answers will vary...Digory using the traveling rings to go between worlds, Waking Queen Jadis, Queen Jadis coming back to London with the kids, Digory bringing Jadis, the cabby and his horse, and Uncle Andrew back to the Wood Between the Worlds,
Our family is a patchwork quilt.
Metaphor
Somebody, wanted, but, so, then
What is the difference between a character trait and a physical trait?
Character trait - describes personality (kind, brave, friendly)
Physical trait - describes appearance (hair color, height, etc)
What book was being taught on Sept. 27th?
The Magician's Nephew
What is the main conflict of The Bronze Bow?
Daniel vs the Romans (to avenge his father's death)
Three gray geese in a green field grazing green grass.
Alliteration
What point of view is this passage written from?
The stars were burning brightly in the night sky. The evening breeze felt cool on my skin. It was the last night of summer break and I was calm, oddly calm. It's not that I was excited to go back to school. I wasn't. School is a lot of work for me. But I was excited to see my friends again.
First person
Identify the 3 different types of text connections.
Text to Text
Text to Self
Text to World
The last handout in the handout section of your notebook.
The types of Irony chart.
What is the Resolution in Behind Rebel Lines?
Emma gets sick and goes AWOL (has to leave her work for the Union army).
Dolores from Encanto can hear a pin drop from 100 miles away.
Hyperbole
What type of Irony is being used?
In Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, the old woman brings Snow White an apple to eat. Snow White takes a bite and falls ill.
Dramatic Irony
Identify the 4 types of conflict.
Person vs Person
Person vs Self
Person vs Nature
Person vs Society (World)
What 3 places did we identify on the Mediterranean Map while reading Bronze Bow?
Israel, Galilee, and Capernaum