What is using prior knowledge and details in the story to guess what is happening next?
making predictions
100
What are the events in a story?
plot
100
He was a big man, says the size of his shoes
on a pile of broken dishes by the house;
Identify the figurative language examples.
personification and imagery
100
Audience, depending on the audience you will use different techniques.
Who are you writing to? How can that change the way you write?
Audience, depending on the audience you will use different techniques.
200
What is a direct comparison of two different things?
a metaphor
200
What is putting events in the order that they happened?
sequencing
200
Who is the main character in the story?
protagonist
200
The team, after winning the game, was going bananas!
Identify the figurative language.
idiom
200
What is the first thing you always write when answering any prompt?
restate the question
300
What is an obvious exaggeration?
hyperbole
300
When the author tries to entertain, inform,or explain something...
author's purpose
300
Where does a story always take place? Where the events in a story are happening.
setting
300
Decaying timber moans softly in twilight;
the house collapses like a broken prayer.
Tomorrow the heavy lilac blossoms will open,
higher than the roofbeams, reeling in the wind.
Identify the figurative language. What is the mood?
personification and simile
mood- hopeful
300
plan, first draft, edit and revise, final copy
What are the stages of the writing process that you MUST show to get full credit for a extended response?
plan, first draft, edit and revise, final copy
400
What is giving living and human traits to something that is not human?
personification
400
What is when you find the similarities and differences between things?
compare and contrast
400
What are types of literature such as fiction, non-fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction...ect?
genres of literature
400
He comes gusting out of the house,
the screen door a thunderclap behind him.
He moves like a black cloud
over the lawn-and stops.
Identify the figurative language. (hint: there are two)
simile and metaphor
400
What is the first component of an introduction that gets the reader's interest?
the hook
500
What is a word or phrase that is not meant to be taken literally and has a completely different meaning than what it says.
an idiom
500
What is using words and phrases around the words along with synonyms and antonyms to guess an unknown word or phrase?
context clues
500
List the 5 parts of a story(plot structure). Then identify the part that shows the main conflict or problem in a story.