Point of View
Determining Meanings of Words
Elements of a Story
Figurative Language
Text Structure
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Which point of view is used here? "I really hope my team wins."
First person
100
What does ambitious mean in the following sentence? "Most students played just to have fun, but Carlos was so ambitious he would cheat just to succeed."
Ambitious-focused on goals, in it to win it
100
What are characters?
The people in a story.
100
How is a metaphor different from a simile?
Metaphor compares without using like or as.
100
What is text structure?
The way the author organizes the information
200
Is a third person narrator a character in the story?
NO
200
Think about what "consider" means. With that in mind, how does a considerate person act?
Always think of others
200
In the movie An American Werewolf in London, what element of the story would London be?
The setting
200
"Success called out to me from the end of the test." What type of figurative language is being used here?
Personification
200
Are all paragraphs are organized or written the exact same way?
False/No
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! In first person, the narrator is a character in the story. In third person, the narrator is a detached voice unrelated to the characters and reader. Who is the narrator in second person?
The Reader
300
Think of the words careful and careless. What does the suffix "less" mean?
Not having
300
One convention of Fairy Tales is that they always have a moral. Therefore, what is a convention?
Something types of stories have in common
300
What is an oxymoron? Give an example
Two opposites placed next to each other..jumbo shrimp
300
What are the five different types of text structure?
Compare/Contrast, Problem/Solution, Sequence/Chronological, Description, Cause/Effect
400
Name one pronoun used in third person narratives
He, she, they, etc.
400
"He could not move, like a patient etherized upon a table." What does etherized mean?
Unconscious. Put to sleep
400
Name at least two parts of a plot mountain
Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!!!! "Jenny was skeptical about the cake, but Amy never looked a gift horse in the mouth." What type of figurative language is used here?
Idiom
400
What is the best type of graphic organizer to use for a compare/contrast text?
Venn Diagram
500
What is the difference between Third Person Objective and Third Person Omniscient?
Third person objective: knows what happened but doesn't know character's thoughts or feelings Third person omniscient: knows everything, including character thoughts and feelings
500
If incredible means "unable to be believed," what does incredulous mean?
Someone who is unable to believe
500
What is the theme of a story?
The main idea, lesson, moral, etc.
500
What is the purpose or meaning of the hyperbole, "I haven't slept in a million years?"
Explains that the person is very, very tired.
500
What is a key word used in a cause/effect text?
As a result
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