Story Questions
What is the name of the story about a man who undergoes an operation to make him smarter?
Flowers for Algernon
what is the term used for the author's main reason for writing? (i.e. to entertain, persuade, or inform)
Author's purpose
List all of the nouns in the following sentence:
Last night, I ate dinner, watched my favorite show, and called my best friend.
night, dinner, show, and friend
the act of watching carefully to obtain information
observation
Who was Nikola Tesla's rival in the text "Nikola Tesla: The Greatest Inventor of All?"
Thomas Edison
Peter Van Daan
nonfiction narrative
What do you call a word that describes a noun?
Adjective
a distant line where the sky appears to meet the surface of the earth
horizon
What is the term for a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics?
personification
What is the name of the story about an eccentric man who goes on many crazy adventures, such as flying a plane he builds on his own, exploring the Amazon rainforest, and visiting tribes in Africa?
Uncle Marcos
A literary device through which the author conveys their feelings or opinions about the subject matter they're writing about.
Tone
a noun that serves as the name for a specific place, person, or thing.
proper noun
point of view or stand taken on an issue
position
to absorb, as a culture or ideas; make part of oneself
assimilate
In Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence, where were the girls running away from?
government school
A universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.
Theme
What do you call a word that describes a verb?
Adverb
arranged in a sequence that follows the time order of events
chronological
what is the adverb in the following sentence:
I walked slowly on the long brown road.
slowly
What is the name of the text where the narrator has a condition known as synesthesia?
Blue Nines and Red Words
An indirect or passing reference to a well-known person, event, place, thing, etc.
Allusion
Identify the verb in the following sentence:
I went to my grandmother's house every day during the summer.
went
mental activity that occurs without someone being aware of it
subconscious
What is the name of the first text we read together as a class?
The Medicine Bag