My grandmother's hands were as wrinkled as an old paper bag.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
What is a simile.
Remember - just because it has the words like or as does not make it a simile. If it does not compare two unlike things it is not a simile. EX. Ronald ran as fast as he could.
100
Any story that is a product of imagination
a. fact
b. falacy
c. fiction
Fiction
100
The people or animals (or objects or robots or fairies, etc) that the story is about.
A. characters
B. setting
C. plot
What are characters. Remember the main character (s) is the one that faces the problem or conflict in the story.
100
Method of organization in which an action causes a result.
A. cause and effect
B. sequence
C. theme
What is Cause and Effect. Remember cause is the action or event and effect is what happens as a result of the event or action.
100
Initial action followed by resulting action
A. cause and effect
B. sequence
C. theme
Cause and effect
200
Mrs. Wertelet is a troll in the morning.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
What is a metaphor. Remember a metaphor suggests a comparison by telling you something is something else.
200
Narrative intended to convey a moral
a. fable
b. falacy
c. fiction
What is Fable
200
When and where a story takes place.
A. characters
B. setting
C. plot
What is the setting.
200
the order in which things happen
A. cause and effect
B. characters
C. theme
What is sequence.
200
Presents actions in the order they occur
A. inference
B. sequence
C. theme
What is sequence of events
300
The kite sailed happily up into the clear, blue sky.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
What is personification. Remember personification is when an animal, object, or abstract idea is given human qualities.
300
Device in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments
a. foreshadowing
b. falacy
c. fiction
Foreshadowing
300
The sequence of events in the story.
A. characters
B. climax
C. plot
What is the plot.
300
An extreme exaggeration. Example: He thought of a million ideas in one second.
A. hyperbole
B. sequence
C. theme
What is a hyperbole.
300
The author presents a complication and then a way to solve it
A. cause and effect
B. inference
C. problems/ solution
What is problems/ solution
400
My back is like a cement block.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
What is a simile.
400
A device used in literature to present action that occurred before the beginning of the story
a. foreshadowing
b. flashback
c. fiction
Flashback
400
The turning point in the action of the story. Usually it is the most exciting part.
A. characters
B. setting
C. climax
What is the climax.
400
The central idea or meaning of a story or article.
A. cause and effect
B. hyperbole
C. theme
What is the theme.
400
Shows likenesses and differences of two or more things
A. compare and contrast
B. sequence
C. theme
What is compare and contrast
500
The wind howled outside and the thunder grumbled.
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
What is personification.
500
Poetry that lacks regular metrical and rhyme patterns, but tried to capture the cadences of everyday speech
a. Free verse
b. flashback
c. foreshadowing
Free Verse
500
It was January in a very small town in Pennsylvania.
A. characters
B. setting
C. plot
What is the setting.
500
A determination the reader makes about what is happening, based on information and evidence presented in the passage but not directly stated.
A. cause and effect
B. sequence
C. inference
What is an inference.
500
Depicts someone or something in detail
A. cause and effect
B. discriptive
C. theme