characters
plot
literary conventions
authors
vocabulary
100

Dr. Samuel Johson

Who is the son who did not help his dad?
100

a series of chronologically ordered events from conflict that lead to a climax and a resolution.

what is plot?

100

the process of developing characters in a story.

What is characterization?

100

kathryn forbes

Who wrote "Mama and the graduation present?"

100

brooch

What is a pendant a woman wears?

200

Darzi

Who is the parrot who is dim-witted in Rikki Tikki Tavi?

200

events that go up the plot mountain toward a climax

What is rising action?
200
when conflicts end up resolved 

What is resolution in a story?

200

Carol Ryrie Brink

Who wrote "Alas, Poor Annabelle!"

200

kadookah!

What sound the horn on an old car sounded like?

300

Billy played a joke on his dad.

Who is the child who blew the horn in "Pierce Arrow?"

300

events that go down the plot mountain toward a resolution

What is falling action?
300
hints that the author gives to his readers of what is going to happen in the story

What is foreshadowing?

300

Rudyard Kipling

Who wrote Rikki-Tikk-Tavi?

300

sequence

What is a chronological set of things called, coming one after another?

400

She wanted a "beautiful pink dresser"

What did Katrin want for her graduation present in "Mama and the graduation gift?"

400

the mongoose defeats a snake, protecting the family who saved him from cobras in their garen

What is the main plot of Rikki Tikki Tavi?

400

Comparing things to inanimate objects using "like" or "as"

What is a simile
400

James Baldwin

Who wrote "Dr. Johnson and His Father"


400

Celluloid

what is plastic?
500

He didn't want to go 20 miles away while it was raining and he was feeling sick?

Why didn't young Samuel's dad not want to the market in Dr.Johnson and His father

500

The story of how one young girl learns to grows into a nice young lady after teasing another visiting family member

What is the plot of "Poor Anabelle?"

500

Comparing inanimate objects not using "like" or "as"

What is metaphor

500

Frank Gilbreth, Jr. & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Who wrote "Pierce Arrow?"

500

bowels

What the engine underneath a car's hood is called?

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