What phrase means "big success"?
A. like you're rough and strong
B. smash hit
C. falling down funny
D. lazy
smash hit
100
Name the three types of fiction.
Realistic fiction, historical fiction and science fiction
100
Stage directions are usually written in
A. bold print
B. italics
C. capital letters
D. they aren't written down
Italics
100
Name two positive and two negative character traits.
Answers will vary
100
You are using these when you use the words around a word to figure out what that word means.
Context Clues
200
The phrase "rolling in the aisles" means
A. making a disturbance in the movie theater
B. making a lot of money
C. losing your step in the dark
D. laughing so hard you lose control
Laughing so hard you lose control
200
What is it called when characters talk?
Dialogue
200
Scenes divide up a play just like what divides up a book?
Chapters
200
Name three ways a reader can understand a character.
By the character's actions, by what the character says, by what other characters say, by what the author says about the character and by what the character thinks
200
The word fatherly means
A. being a father
B. having a father
C. like a father
D. without a father
Like a father
300
What two words should you see in any simile?
Like or as
300
Name the five parts of a plot diagram.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution
300
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
Will there really be a morning?
Is there such a thing as day?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?
ABCB
300
A character can be fictional or real.
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
300
What is a consonant?
Any letter that is not a vowel!
400
"My pillow is as hard as a rock" is a metaphor.
TRUE or FALSE
FALSE
400
Who is the narrator?
the person telling the story
400
Which line shows alliteration?
A. the twinkling, twankling star"
B. Sit down AJ!
C. the thrilling, chilling sounds
D. Eating eggplants excites me
The twinkling,twankling star
400
A character that is devious is
A. happy
B. sneaky
C. scared
D. small
Sneaky
400
What is the root word of beautiful?
beauty
500
Which one is an example of personification?
A. My feet are stinky.
B. It's raining cats and dogs.
C. A breeze sang through the trees.
D. None of the above
A breeze sang through the trees.
500
How does the setting affect a character's actions?
Give an example please!
Answers will vary!
500
Name two things that plays and books have in common. Name two things that they do not have in common.
Plays have acts and scenes while books have chapters. Books don't have stage directions. They both have settings and characters.
500
Name a character trait that describes Lydia Darragh. Remember to give proof.