Analogies
Random Stuff
Big Ideas
Plot
Genres
100
aluminum:metal:: Lyrical: _____________
What is poetry? or poem
100
Example: /sim-pe-'the-tik/
What is the pronunciation key?
100
What the story is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
100
The problem in the story that the protagonist must overcome.
What is the conflict?
100
Uses sounds, rhythms, and figurative language to present ideas and generate feelings.
What is poetry?
200
Active:idle:: Fast: ___________
What is slow?
200
Restate the authors idea in your own words.
What is paraphrase?
200
The "big idea" of the story or the overall message.
What is theme?
200
The protagonist decides how to resolve the main conflict and begins to carry out his or her plans.
What is the climax?
200
A true story.
What is nonfiction?
300
The first thing you need to do in order to solve an analogy.
What is figure out the relationship of the first pair?
300
How the author arranges the main ideas and supporting details. ex: Chronological Compare/contrast problem solution
What is patterns of organization?
300
The reason the author has for writing a story.
What is authors purpose?
300
The conflict reaches its most complicated point as the protagonist and antagonist struggle with each other.
What is the falling action?
300
A made up stroy that has plot, character, setting, etc.
What is fiction?
400
Someone who is selfish lacks compassion. Someone who is childish lacks _____________.
What is maturity?
400
A statement that is a belief, feeling, or value. Ex: All good zoos need an exciting snake exhibit.
What is an opinion?
400
Understanding the similarities and differences between 2 or more things.
What is compare and contrast?
400
The conflict is finally resolved, for good or bad, and the characters adjust to the consequences.
What is the resolution?
400
A traditional story that deals with ancestors, heroes, gods, or supernatural beings that attempt to explain a belief, practice, or natural phenomenon.
What is a myth?
500
The relationship between the following pairs of words is_________ hot: cold :: young:old
What is they are antonyms or opposites?
500
Statement that can be proven with data, observation, and reliable sources. Ex: On December 28, 1845, Texas became a U.S. state.
What is a fact?
500
Combining different ideas into a single conclusion.
What is synthesize?
500
The conflict is introduced and complications develop.
What is rising action?
500
A literary work that tells a story and is meant to be performed by actors.
What is a drama (or play)?
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