Poetry
Describe a stanza
A group of lines
What is historical fiction?
It combines a real-life setting with fictional characters and detail
The conflict of a story is known as ....?
The problem
What are the three reasons an author writes?
Which type of stanza contains 4 lines?
A. Cinquain
B. Octave
C. Quatrain
D. Couplet
C. Quatrain
A memoir is
A short story about a time in an author's life
The beginning of the story that introduces the setting, characters, and the character's motivation.
Exposition
What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?
A commercial for a brand-new Playstation.
Persuade
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)
If I write an introduction I should have which of the following?
A. Quotations
B. Explanations
C. Thesis
D. Citations
C. Thesis
What is the major event in the story that has the most action?
Climax
What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?
A short story about an explorer discovering a magical hidden temple in Guatemala.
Entertain
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,"
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
When would the problem be solved?
Falling Action or Resolution
What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?
An essay on how photosynthesis works in plant life.
Inform
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
Hachiko is an example of which genre?
A. Poem
B. Memoir
C. Short Story
D. Historical Fiction
D. Historical Fiction
When the problem becomes worse is better known as the....
Rising Action
What is the author's purpose? Persuade, entertain, or inform?
A poem about a girl and her jealous sister
Entertain