SHURAC
Drama
Fiction
Poetry &
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Nonfiction
Text Features
Text Features
Renegade
Renegade
Renegade
150
Which skill of SHURAC is show above?
Highlight key terms
150
What does a character tag do?
Tells us who is talking
150
Tell me the 5 parts of plot (in order)
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
150
What is rhyme scheme?
(double points if you can give me an example)
The pattern of rhyming words
(AABB, ABAB, ABCA, AABBCC)
150
TRUE or FALSE:
All of these are examples of text/graphic features:
- Title
- Bold Word
- Caption
- Diagram
- Picture
TRUE
150
Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street.
a. crosswalks
b. walkers
c. stoplights
d. drivers
b. walkers
250
What is the FIRST thing you should do when you get a passage?
Write the skills you need next to the questions
250
TRUE or FALSE
A drama usually has a theme
TRUE
250
The moral or lesson of a story
theme
250
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
250
Why do author's include text/graphic features?
To help us understand the text better
250
Slavery was abolished in the U.S. after the Civil War.
a. outlawed
b. exchanged
c. running
d. common
a. outlawed
350
What is a good number of words to define in each passage?
AT LEAST 3
350
Why do stage directions help us understand what we are reading?
They tell us how a character says something or what they are doing.
350
When and where a story takes place
Setting
350
Using multiple words with the same beginning sound
ex: Alice ate all the apples after Andrew.
alliteration
350
What graphic feature is this an example of?
Picture
350
My mother gets anxious if I stay out after dark.
a. nervous
b. silly
c. happy
d. sleepy
a. nervous
450
What does the A in SHURAC stand for?
Answer the questions
450
The problem is either _______ or ________
(do the motions)
internal or external
450
What is typically the author's purpose of fiction?
Entertain
450
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
"I walked a million miles to get to school."
"It's raining cats and dogs."
What are these examples of?
hyperbole
450
What graphic feature is this?
Diagram
450
Lizzo's large and beautiful home was palatial.
a. ugly
a. ugly
b. tiny
c. for dogs
d. like a mansion
d. like a mansion
550
What is the last thing you should do when using SHURAC?
CHECK YOUR ANSWERS (AND SCANTRON)
550
Explain how small characters can have a significant impact to the plot.
answers will vary
550
Tell me what happens in each part of plot (IN ORDER)
Exposition: characters and setting
Rising Action: problem introduced
Climax: TURNING POINT
Falling Action: begin to solve problem
Resolution: the ending; loose ends tied up; happy or sad
550
BANG
CRASH
CRACK
WHIP
Onomatopoeia
550
I had to retrieve my phone from the basket.
What text feature is this an example of?
Bold Word
550
Flip-phones became obsolete with the development of iPhones and Androids.
a. popular
b. out-dated
c. careful
d. round
b. out-dated
1000
Read for ___________
Understanding
1000
What is the difference between an act and a scene?
A scene is a single setting, and an act can be multiple scenes.
1000
Name the 4 text structures
Cause/Effect
Problem/Solution
Chronological (sequential) Order
Compare/Contrast
1000
Give me 1 example of each:
metaphor
idiom
oxymoron
answers will vary
1000
What is the difference between text and graphic features?
Text features are features included in the text, and graphic features are extras on the page.
1000
Mr. McCarter is repulsed at the thought of fruit candy with chili powder.
a. happy
b. pleased
c. disgusted
d. allergic
c. disgusted