Genre
This genre explains a story that teaches a lesson. It often has animals who speak.
Fable
What is plot?
The series of events in a story
"We are committed to egselence" is an example of what literary device?
Irony
This text structure is organized to look at how things are alike and different. Maybe crocodiles and alligators would be an example.
Compare and contrast
What part of speech are these words AND how do you know?
Tall, Short, Pink, Cold, Loud
Adjective
They are describing words
This genre attempts to explain how things came to be.
Myth
During an internal conflict a character struggles _________________________
with him or her self.... it is a battle they fight inside their own head or heart
Beat around the bush is what type of figurative language? How do you know?
Idiom because you aren't literally beating anywhere near a bush. You just aren't coming out and saying what it is you want to say.
This nonfiction text structure is organized in time order.
Order and Sequence
Chronological
Would who or whom be correct in the following sentence and how do you know?
________ are you going to beat in the dance off?
Whom
Can be replaced with him/her
Receiving action
This genre is categorized by irregular line breaks, rhythm, and symbolism.
Poetry
Setting has two parts - what are the two parts?
When and where
What type of figurative language is the sentence below? How do you know?
Alice is a shining star when she is on stage.
Metaphor - comparing Alice to a shining star with is
This text structure presents a problem or conflict and then offers a way to fix it.
Problem and Solution
A participle is a _________ that acts like a(n) __________
Verb, adjective
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
A biography is a story someone writes about another person's life.
An autobiography is a story someone writes about their own life.
This is the central idea or belief of a story. It is overarching and far reaching.
Theme
Please pick up purple flower petals for Pam.
What type of figurative language is the sentence above?
Alliteration
This text structure looks at how one thing event triggers another event or string of events to occur.
Cause and Effect
Gerunds always end in ___________
ing
Explain the genre historical fiction
What a character is like - what he or she does to show personality
Characterization
What is personification?
Give a definition and an example.
Giving human qualities to something that isn't human.
Examples vary
True or false - Text structure is always used for nonfiction text
True
What part of speech is the bold word?
The dog ran around the tree.
Preposition