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READING 3
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READING 5
100
In reference to Author's Purpose, what does P.I.E stand for?
What is "Persuade, Inform, Entertain"
100
The beginning of a story where the characters, setting and conflict are introduced is called______________.
What is "Exposition"
100
The organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story is called____________________.
What is "Plot Diagram"
100
Use context clues to define the word DIGNITY: 


Even when the police officers put the handcuffs on my mother, she maintained her DIGNITY, holding her head up high as she was marched off the protest site.

What is pride /"worth or self-respect"?
100

Use context clues to define IMPERVIOUS:

His steely personality made him IMPERVIOUS to jokes about his awful haircut."

What is "unaffected, unbothered"?
200
The mode of writing geared to sway the reader's perception or provoke them to act/react is called__________.
What is "persuasive"
200

The point in the story when the problem has been resolved and coming to a close

What is the resolution?

200

This is another way of saying main idea or thesis statement. 

What is a controlling idea?

200

This language appeals to the five senses

What is imagery?

What is figurative language?

200

Use context clues to define BRANDISHING?

As the officer waited outside, the robber emerged from the bank, BRANDISHING a weapon.

What is "holding/waving"
300
Complete and label the following analogy: 

RAIN is to PRECIPITATION as


A) salmon is to seafood 

B) snow is to tundra 

C) jungle is to  desert 

D) pet is to hamster

What is... 

A) salmon is to seafood 

300

What figurative language is being used?

"He showed the strength of Hercules when he lifted the couch all by himself." 

What is an allusion?

300
What is the author's purpose? A menu for a local pizzeria listing the sizes and prices of pizzas and available toppings.
What is "To inform"
300
What is the author's purpose? 


A bookmark by the American Dairy Association listing 10 reasons to drink milk.

What is "To persuade"
300
Writing about the similarities and differences of a subject is called_________________________.
What is "Comparing and contrasting"
400

The main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work which may be stated directly or indirectly.

What is "Theme?"
400
The expression of an author's attitude toward a subject is called_______.
What is "Tone"
400
What example of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? "I was so proud of myself for winning the contest because things like that only happen once in a blue moon."
What is "Idiom"
400
This type of fiction involves gods and goddesses; it tries to explain natural phenomena 

What is mythology?

400
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? 


 "She was just a trophy to Aiden, another object to possess."

What is "metaphor"
500

Using knowledge and information from the text to come to conclusions and make the concept more clear.


What is "inferencing"
500
Finish and label the following analogy: 

FINALE is to MUSICAL :: 

A) inning is to baseball 

B) stitch is to tapestry 

C) mystery is to novel 

D) barista is to coffee 

E) homestretch is to race

What is "(E)

E) homestretch is to race

500

What figurative language is being used?

The school's sign when viral because it read, "We are committed to excellense."

What is irony?

500

What figurative language is being used?

"You have to be cruel to be kind." 

What is an idiom? or What is a proverb?

500
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence? 


 "Some days my thoughts are just cocoons hanging from dripping branches in the grey woods of my mind."

What is "Metaphor"
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