Poetry
Genres
Plot
Author's Purpose
Grammar and Conventions
100

Describe a stanza

A group of lines 

100

What is historical fiction?

It combines a real-life setting with fictional characters and detail

100

The conflict of a story is known as ....?

The problem

100

What are the three reasons an author writes?

To persuade, inform, and entertain
100

Pick 2 words to put commas after in the following sentence correctly.

I went to the store after a 10-minute traffic stop to get bread and milk.

What are store and stop?

200

Which type of stanza contains 2 lines?


A. Cinquain

B. Octave

C. Quatrain

D. Couplet

D. Couplet

200

A memoir is 

A short story about a time in an author's life

200

The beginning of the story that introduces the setting, characters, and the character's motivation.

Exposition

200

What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?

A commercial for a brand-new Playstation. 


Persuade

200

Identify the verb in the following sentence.

Mr. Bomboy is an okay guy.

What is "is" (linking verb)?

300

What is alliteration?

When the beginning sound of words in a line or sentence are the same.

Example (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)

300

If I write an introduction I should have which of the following?


A. Quotations

B. Explanations

C. Thesis

D. Citations

C. Thesis

300

What is the major event in the story that has the most action?

Climax

300

What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?

A short story about an explorer discovering a magical hidden temple in Guatemala.

Entertain

300

Correctly spell the following word in its plural form.

Wolf

What is Wolves?

400

What type of poetic device is used in the following short poem:

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!
And I would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me …

A. Onomatopeia

B. Repetition of word

C. Repetition of phrase

D. Alliteration


B. Repetition of word


"Break, break, break,"

400

A memoir should include

A. Real life details about someone's life

B. Poetic structures like cinquains and octaves

C. Fictional setting and characters

D. Opinions the writer has on a topic

A. Real life details about someone's life

400

When would the problem be solved?

Falling Action or Resolution

400

What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?

An essay on how photosynthesis works in plant life.

Inform

400

Fix the following sentence for pronoun case.

Claire gave the permission slip to Mark and I.

What is "Mark and me"?

500

What type of structure of stanza is the following poem?

My bicycle’s the fastest
that the world has ever seen;
it has supersonic engines
and a flame-retardant sheen.

My bicycle will travel
a gazillion miles an hour —
it has rockets on the handlebars
for supplemental power.


A. Cinquains

B. Quatrains

C. Octaves

D. Couplets

B. Quatrain

500

Hachiko is an example of which genre?

A. Poem

B. Memoir

C. Short Story

D. Historical Fiction

D. Historical Fiction

500

When the problem becomes worse is better known as the....

Rising Action

500

What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?

A poem about a girl and her jealous sister

Entertain

500

Commas, parentheses, and dashes all set apart ________________________ in a sentence.

What are nonessential elements?

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