Fiction
What is the theme of a story?
Theme: the lesson/message/moral
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood: How the text makes YOU feel
Tone: Attitude of author or character
What is the main idea/controlling idea/central idea of a text?
What it's mainly about
What is the difference between a claim and a counterclaim?
claim: the main argument
counterclaim: the opposing side
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the university of houston in the fall.
2. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the University Of Houston in the fall.
3. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the University of Houston in the fall.
3. Many students in this year's graduating class are attending the University of Houston in the fall.
What is the difference between the conflict of a story and suspense in a story?
conflict: the problem
suspense: build up of tension in a text
What is the difference between onomatopoeia and alliteration?
onomatopoeia: sound words
alliteration: repeating sounds at start words in a section of text
Explain the difference between the three types of authors purpose: persuade, inform, and entertain.
persuade: convincing your reader to do or think something
inform: provide information/explanation
entertain: for enjoyment
What is the difference between ethos, pathos, and logos.
Ethos: ethics, credibility
Pathos: emotion
Logos: facts, logic
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1: My mom threw away all my brother's toys because he wouldn't clean his room.
2: My mom threw away all my brother's toys because he wouldnt clean his room.
3: My mom threw away all my brothers toys because he wouldn't clean his room.
1: My mom threw away all my brother's toys because he wouldn't clean his room.
What is the difference between a flashback and foreshadowing?
flashback: a memory; the past
foreshadowing: a hint at what will happen in the future
What is imagery/sensory language?
sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch details
What are nonfiction text features? Give some examples.
features that help us understand nonfiction (pictures, charts, graphs, bold words, etc.)
What is a leading question/rhetorical question?
-questions that make assumptions about the right answer AND that they don't expect an actual answer to
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1: After not looking both ways when she was crossing the street Regina George got hit by a bus.
2: After not looking both ways, when she was crossing the street Regina George got hit by a bus.
3: After not looking both ways when she was crossing the street, Regina George got hit by a bus.
3: After not looking both ways when she was crossing the street, Regina George got hit by a bus.
What happens during the five stages of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?)
exposition: the beginning; characters and conflict are introduced
rising action: the problems start happening; conflict builds
climax: the most exciting part of the story
falling action: the story starts to come to a close; the pieces start to fall into place
resolution: the ending; the conflict is solved
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
simile: comparison using like or as
metaphor: comparison NOT using like or as
Describe the five text structures: compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, description, and sequence/chronological.
compare/contrast: similarities and differences
cause/effect: one event leads to another
problem/solution: an issue and how to fix it
description: describing something or someone
sequence/chronological: number or time order
What is the difference between sweeping generalization and bandwagon appeal?
sweeping generalization: stereotypes
bandwagon: popularity
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1. The STAAR test is next week and Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
2. The STAAR test is next week, and Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
3: The STAAR test is next week and, Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
2. The STAAR test is next week, and Mrs. Binford thinks all the 8th graders will pass!
What is the difference between third person limited point of view and third person omniscient point of view?
Limited: One person's thoughts and feelings
Omniscient: More than one person's thoughts and feelings.
What is the difference between personification and hyperbole?
Personification: nonliving things that are given human characteristics
Hyperbole: over-exaggeration
What is the difference between a juxtaposition and an analogy?
Juxtaposition: fancy contrast
Analogy: fancy comparing
What is the difference between slippery slope and circular reasoning?
slippery slope: bad things will happen
circular reasoning: repeating yourself--going in circles
Which of these sentences is correctly written?
1. I got in a fight with my boyfriend; we decided to break up.
2. After I got in a fight with my boyfriend; we decided to break up.
3. My boyfriend and I broke up; because we got in a fight.
1. I got in a fight with my boyfriend; we decided to break up.