Figurative Language
Poetry
Paragraph Structure
Plot Development
100

This type of figurative language is a comparison using like or as. 

Simile

100

What is the acronym used to analyze poetry?

TPCASTT

100

The number of pieces/components present in an argumentative paragraph. 

5

100

The turning point of the story. 

Climax

200

The clock on the wall laughed at me as I tried to rapidly finish my exam. 

Personification

200

The total number of syllables in a Haiku. 

17

200

Cellphones should be banned in school because they are a distraction to students is an example of what. 

Claim

200

List the 2 of the 3 plot points addressed in the exposition. 

Characters, Setting, Basic Conflict

300

BAM! The door slammed behind her as she left. 

Onomatopoeia

300

This is the type of poetry in which other words are crossed out to create a poem. 

Blackout Poetry

300

At the end of the paragraph, this is used before restating the claim. 

Sentence Starter

300

List all the points of a plot diagram in the correct order. 

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution

400

Careless cars cutting corners is as dangerous as going 100 mph. 

Alliteration & Simile

400

In Robert Frost's poem The Road not Taken, the road is a figuratively referring to what?

Life's Choices

400

Determine the quality of this evidence (poor, good, excellent):

According to the article by Mrs. Gloss, "Studies have found high rates of concussions, traumatic brain injuries, and a serious brain disorder called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in former players."

Excellent

400

True or False. The falling action is what the character learns from the conflict. 

False

500

She was a Good Samaritan, and stopped along the roadside to help the struggling man. 

Biblical Allusion

500


Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

Analyze the connotation present in this poem.

Metaphor

Allusion

Alliteration

500

Identify the missing component in the following paragraph:

Zoos should be illegal because they are harmful to animals’ mental health. According to One Green Planet, “self-directed behaviors such as sham-chewing and overgrooming are results of stress and anxiety that animals experience while in captivity." The evidence shows that animals experience stress and anxiety while in captivity, and zoos are a form of captivity. Because of this stress and anxiety, animals are experiencing several negative effects from being held captive in zoos. Therefore, zoos should be illegal because of their unfortunate effects on animals’ mental health.



Bridge

500

Create a plot diagram for Finding Nemo. 

Exposition- Introduced to Nemo, Marlin, and Coral. 

Rising Action- Marlin & Dory experience the minor conflicts on their way to finding Nemo.

Climax: Nemo fakes his death.

Falling Action: Marlin & Nemo are reunited.

Resolution: Marlin is less protective, and Nemo has friends in his school of fish. 

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