Parts of Speech
The Writing Process
Type of Story
The Messenger
Elements of Literature
100
an action
What is a verb
100
The most important part of the writing process, and it is often skipped.
What is planning
100
The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
What is an autobiography
100
Author of The Messenger
Who is Lois Lowry
100
This type of text often has subheadings, charts or diagrams
What is non-fiction
200
Beautiful
What is an adjective
200
Using a thesaurus to find better word choice is done during this phase
What is revising
200
Narrative intended to convey a moral. Animals or inanimate objects with human characteristics often serve as characters in these.
What is a fable
200
Seer's daughter, with the gift of seeing the future by weaving tapestries; has a bad leg
Who is Kira
200
The events of a story
What is plot
300
She dances beautifully (what is beautifully?)
What is an adverb
300
when you turn in a paper, it should be completely polished
What is publishing
300
Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact. Characters and events in such narratives may be based in real life but their ultimate form and configuration is a creation of the author.
What is fiction
300
A place where handicaps and failings were valued rather than considered to be flaws
What is Village
300
Who or what the story is about
What is character
400
a person, place, or thing
What is a noun
400
Checking for proper grammar and punctuation usage
What is revising
400
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events, or a story coming down from the past, especially one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable.
What is a legend
400
Person who is in charge of the place where Matty lives
Who is Leader/Jonas
400
A conclusion you draw based on information given to you by the author and what you already know, but is not directly stated in the text
What is an inference
500
over, under, beside
What is a preposition
500
the 5 phases of the writing process
What is planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
500
A true story written about someone else
What is a biography
500
Name leader gives Matty at the end of the book
What is Healer
500
The author's message (often a life lesson)
What is theme
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