Mixed Bag
This is an example of . . .
Organizational Patterns
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
100

The following passage is written in which Point of View?    Marcus hesitated in the doorway of the cafeteria. He knew his friends expected him to eat lunch with them. But his lab partner, Shara, had some ideas for their science project and asked him to eat lunch with her.


What is 3rd Person Limited?

100

Ron, Hermione, and Harry play a human-sized game of wizard's chess in order to open the Chamber of Secrets.

What is Cooperation or Collaboration to achieve a goal?

100

The attack on Fort Sumter in 1861 set off the Civil War. It was closely followed by the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, and Antietam.  By September of 1862, President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

What is Chronological?

100

Her soprano voice was a bird soaring over the audience.

What is a Metaphor?

100

The emotional associations a word brings to mind

What is Connotation?

200

The language in the following sentence creates a sense of _____          "Seung cautiously pulled the gym door open and peered into the darkness. Coach Vlad's text had instructed the players to meet for practice that night, but the rec center hallways were dim and strange wails echoed through the building." 

What is a sense of foreboding?     OR

What is an ominous/scary/mysterious tone?

200

When the contestants arrived on the island, they immediately designed a flag using specific colors and objects to convey the qualities they wanted their Survivor tribe to be known for.

What is Symbolism?

200

First, place 2 slices of bread on a plate. Next, open a jar of jelly and use a knife to spread the jelly on one slice. Then open a jar of peanut butter and spread some on the other slice. Next, place the two slices together -- jelly side to peanut butter side. Finally, slice the bread sandwich diagonally.

What is Sequence or Sequential?

200

I hear the dancers rat-a-tat-tat echoing in the gymnasium.

What is Onomatopoeia?

200

Determining the meaning of words or phrases by using the surrounding words or phrases.

What is Context (context clues)?

300

The initiating event and rising action all lead to this moment in the story; the point where something significant changes for the protagonist. 

What is the Climax of the story?

300

It's a safe bet that they won't be putting all their eggs in one basket because doing so would mean fighting a losing battle if it started raining cats and dogs.

What are Idioms?

300

After World War II, service men and women returned home anticipating new employment opportunities. But one of the biggest challenges they faced was finding places to live.  Soon, builders began constructing neighborhoods with similar style houses and small shopping centers to serve their consumer needs.  

What is Problem-Solution?

300

There's a faucet in the basement

That had dripped one drop all year

Since he fixed it, we can't find it

Without using scuba gear.  

What is Hyperbole?

300

A writer's attitude towards their subject.

What is Tone?

400

The following passage is written from what Point of View:      Dr. Chen slowly washed her hands and arms and pulled on sterile surgical gloves. She pushed against the door with her hip and strode into the operating room. "Let's repair this broken leg," she told the waiting nurse and anesthetist.

What is Third Person Objective?

400

Captain Hook stood on the deck of the Jolly Roger, pondering the horizon. They were dangerously close to Mermaid Lagoon as the storm clouds gathered. His mind transported him back to another storm; one that grounded his ship on the rocks and brought him face-to-face with a hungry crocodile.

What is a Flashback?

400

Raw materials like sheet metal, rubber, and plastic are molded into specific shapes. Meanwhile, heavy motors are assembled and connected to computer systems. Then the motors and other components are brought together on assembly lines and an automobile takes shape.  

What is a Process?

400

From the lake that thus outspread

Such sad water, slowly weeping

Barely flowing, lonely and dead


What is Personification?

400

The objective meaning of a word; its definition

What is Denotation?

500

What does tranquil mean in the following sentence?

A family of deer strolled across the tranquil meadow, nibbling on the grass or plucking a flower off a lengthy stem. The morning sunlight danced across the leaves of the nearby trees.

What is      peaceful     calm     quiet     serene

500

Water shot out of the hoses as they desperately fought the blaze. Soon the garage doors were consumed and flames began to appear in second floor windows. As if on cue, the shrill alarm stopped and the walls crumbled. Dejected firemen backed away and watched their station collapse.  

What is Irony?

500

"A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. "

What is a Concept or Definition?

500

 The trumpets and tubas and flutes did blend 

the brassy blaring beats till band practice would end.

What is Alliteration?

500

The history of a word shown my tracing its origin or first time of use.

What is Etymology?

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