Types of Passages
Literary Devices
Plot Diagram
Analyzing literature
Context clues
100
A type of passage that might give you facts
What is Informational
100
She was as tall as the tallest oak tree.
Simile
100
What is the PLOT of the story?
The main events of a story, sequenced purpsoefully by the author
100
What is the different between an internal conflict and an external conflict?
Internal: happening inside the character's mind

External: happening outside of the characters

100

Everyone else at the party wanted vegetarian pizza except Tim because he detested vegetables.


What does the word DETEST mean, and what clues led you to that conclusion?

strongly dislike/ hate


clues: everyone else wants it BUT him (so he must not like it)

200
A type of passage that would contain a plot line
What is Narrative
200
My heart was thumping widlly--"ba-bum. Ba-bum-ba-bum-ba-bum."
What is Onomatopoeia
200
What is the climax of a story?
The moment of most suspense; the turning point
200
What are three examples of external conflicts?

Character vs. _____

Character vs. _____

Character vs. _____

character

society

nature

the supernatural

200

Grandpa didn't know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans.


What does ALTER mean, and what clues led you to that conclusion?

Alter= change


300
A factual story written by someone about themselves
What is an Autobiography
300
The teapot screamed when the water started to boil
What is Personification
300
The climax is always connected to the story's ___________.
confict
300
When reading literature, we make __________, which are conclusions drawn using the text and our own background knowledge. 
What are INFERENCES
300

When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger, she got all melodramatic and began sobbing and demanding a doctor.


What does MELODRAMATIC mean, and what clues led you to that conclusion?

melodramatic- overly emotional over something silly
400
A type of passage that contains line breaks
What is Poetry
400
A device in literature where an object represents an idea
What is Symbolism
400
The ________ action is what happens as a direct result of the climax.
Falling
400
What is the theme of a story? Give one example of a theme of a story we have read this year.
The overall message, moral, or lesson of the story
400
As Tommy walked home with the money from the church he had stolen in his pocket, powerful feelings of remorse bubbled in his stomach.


What does REMORSE mean, and what clues led you to that conclusion? 

deep regret
500
Types of POV:

What is 1st person POV?

What is 2nd person POV? 

What is 3rd person POV?

1st: I, me, my

2nd: you

3rd: he, she, they

500
Which is more descriptive, and why?


A.) The boy tore up the hill as if his life depended upon it--because it did. The gargantuan black bear was racing full speed ahead

B.) The boy ran really fast up the hill. He was being followed by the biggest black bear you have ever seen; the black bear was hungry and looking for his next meal.

A.
500
What three things are introduced in the exposition of a story? 
Characters, conflict, and setting
500
What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization
direct: information about the characters that is explicitly stated

indirect: information about the characters that must be inferred

500

With the field torn up by the players' cleats, and the cold rain falling in waves, conditions on the playing field were dismal.   


What does DISMAL mean and which clues led you to that conclusion?

dismal: depressing/ dreary
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