An exaggerated story, with crazy characters or things happening
100
If you come across a word you don't know and it's highlighted in the story, where could you look?
Glossary
100
What is the setting of a story?
Where the time and place of a story
100
What is the difference between an antonym and synonym?
Antonym- opposite
Synonym- same, another word with the same meaning
100
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
Fact-- true, nonfiction, can be proved
Opinion-- what you think, not everybody agrees
200
What is the difference between fiction and fantasy?
Fiction is fake, or not real. Fantasy is a type of fiction, it usually has magic and animals that talk as characters.
200
Why would you use the Table of Contents?
If you wanted to see the Chapter names, etc.
200
What is the climax?
The big thing that happens in a story
200
Sun and Son are called...
Homophones
200
What is a compound word?
Give an example.
A word made up of two smaller words:
bookmark, playground, rainbow
300
True or False. A folktale begins with "once upon a time..."
False. That would be a fairy tale. A folktale is a story based on tradition that is passed down.
300
What is an index?
At the end of the story or book, where you can look up something and find out what page it is on
300
What is a moral?
A lesson, something that the author hopes to get across to his or her audience
300
In the word "smiled", smile is known as the...
Base Word or Root Word
300
What would someone look in an encyclopedia for?
To find an article on something specific
400
Name two different kinds of nonfiction texts.
Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Encyclopedia
400
If I want to find a synonym for "king" when I'm writing, what do I look in?
Thesaurus
400
What is the plot?
How is it different than a sequence of events?
Plot are the main happenings in a story... a sequence of events is just the order of events-- doesn't need to be the main ones.
400
How many syllables does the word question have?
Two-- QUEST- ION
400
What is the theme of the story?
Kind of like the overall thing to take away-- a mix between the mood and the moral.
500
Which short genre usually teaches a moral or lesson?
Fable
500
What's the difference between the glossary and a dictionary?
A glossary would be at the end of a nonfiction book-- it consists of the highlighted words. A dictionary has definitions of words-- even the ones that aren't highlighted.
500
Put these in order: exposition, resolution, falling action, climax, rising action, conflict.