Characterization
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This is when the author tells you what to think about a character. You have to take their word for it.
What is direct characterization?
100
When you are asked to summarize something, you need a minimum of this many details to support your IVF topic sentence.
What is 3?
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The protagonist in the narrative was called this.
What is Kenny?
100
The following piece of dialogue is missing something: Where did she go? I asked.
What is quotation marks?
100
The story was written from Kenny's point of view. Which type of point of view was it written in (1st, 2nd, or 3rd)?
What is 1st person?
200
What type of characterization is this: The boy waited in the hallway while his mother was seeing the doctor. Forty-five minutes later, he was still waiting, but starting to shift in his chair.
What is indirect characterization?
200
Any time you use details or quotes from a text you need to cite. What is included in a citation?
What is (Author's last name, page number)?
200
Byron does this to make his parents decide he needs to stay with Grandma Sands for awhile.
What is mess his hair up?
200
The following quotation is missing this: "Are we there yet" I asked.
What is a question mark after yet?
200
What does the prefix "pro" mean?
What is "for" or "in support of"?
300
This is an example of which type of characterization? Kenny's big brother, Byron, hangs out with all the thugs and bullies, but he has a good heart and looks out for his younger brother and sister.
What is direct characterization?
300
When you are asked to compare and contrast two characters, you should use this type of graphic organizer.
What is a Venn diagram?
300
This was the name Kenny gave for the symbol of death that almost drowned and almost killed Joey.
What is Wool Pooh?
300
The following quotation is missing this: "I miss seeing Grandma" I whispered, "because she always gives the best hugs."
What is a comma after Grandma?
300
You use this type of of graphic organizer for a narrative like "Fish Cheeks" or The Watson's go to Birmingham?
What is plot diagram?
400
What type of characterization is this: Tears rolled down Kenny's cheeks as he moved the rubble and called out for Joey.
What is indirect characterization?
400
IVF stands for this.
What is identify the topic, select a verb, and finish your thought with the main idea?
400
This was Byron's nickname for kissing the frozen mirror.
What is Lipless Wonder?
400
The following quotation is missing this: I replied "Let's go before the snow melts!"
What is a comma after replied?
400
The highest point of excitement/turning point of a narrative is called the climax. The climax in The Watson's go to Birmingham was this.
What is when the church was bombed?
500
By the end of the novel, Byron changes for the better. A character who changes a lot is not static. Instead they are called this type of character.
What is dynamic?
500
PIEIE is the format for answering questions that ask for two details. It stands for this.
What is point, illustration, explanation, illustration, and explanation?
500
Topics are one word. Themes take a position on a topic, and require a sentence. If a topic in this novel is "racism," what is a related theme?
Answers will vary. Must be a sentence.
500
Correct the following dialogue: i thought to myself "where did I put that umbrella? Meanwhile, my mom shouted, Get this wet umbrella out of the house!
What is: I thought to myself, "Where did I put that umbrella?" Meanwhile, my mom shouted, "Get this wet umbrella out of the house!"
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Watsons go to Birmingham is a fictional story. Nonfiction work is organized in a different way. List the 6 types of nonfiction text structures.
What is problem/solution cause/effect sequence: time sequence: order details/description compare/contrast
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