True or False
" I Ask My Mother to Sing" is a free verse poem that uses fire imagery.
True or False?
If false, give the correct word.
What is false? It uses water imagery.
Name the story.
A girl grows up in Vietnam having adventures with six older brothers.
What is A Pack of Brothers?
Name the story.
A boy growing up on the Canadian prairies enjoys watching the relationship between his old dog and his pet owl.
What is Owls in the Family?
The theme of The Man Who Loved Clowns is...
A. We need support and love from others during difficult situations
B. It is important to understand others and what we all have in common
C. Treasure your memories of time spent with family
D. The way you treat others shows your true character
What is A. We need support and love from others during difficult situations?
This is the creative, non-literal use of words.
What is figurative language?
The author of Owls in the Family uses internal conflict to give human characteristics to non-human characters.
True or False?
If false, give the correct word.
What is false? The author uses personification.
Name the story.
Three siblings in the English countryside become friends withy a barge captain who treats them harshly at first.
What is The Railway Children?
In Any Small Goodness, the Rodriguez family names their cat Huitlacochem which is also the name of_______.
A. a flower
B. a town in Mexico
C. a constellation
D. a food made of corn fungus
What is D. a food made of corn fungus?
The theme of Where Love Is, God Is is...
A. We can make friends with those who seem unfriendly.
B. We serve God by serving others
C. A leader should be wise and courageous
D. Knowing yourself helps you know others better
What is B. We serve God by serving others?
This is the attitude of an author towards his subject.
What is tone?
Using inner dialogue, the author of Where Love Is, God Is reveals the character of Martin the Shoemaker.
True or False?
If false, give the correct word.
What is true?
Name the story.
A shy girl from the United States goes to a boarding school in Switzerland and learns about relating to people from other cultures.
What is Bloomability?
This is the climax of The Railway Children excerpt.
A. The bargee shouts crossly at the children to get out of his way.
B. The children argue with the bargee about fishing in the canal.
C. The children board the barge for a daring rescue.
D. The children and the barge owners put out the fire.
What is C. The children board the barge for a daring rescue?
In Echo and Narcissus, Narcissus suffers for his cruelty to Echo and other women in this way____________.
He falls in love with his own reflection and then withers away and dies.
This is the struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
In Bloomability, the author reveals Dinnie's traits through her responses to others and her thoughts about herself.
True or False?
If false, give the correct word.
What is true?
Name the story.
With the help of a king's daughter, a brave young man defeats a monster on the island of Crete.
What is The Minotaur?
From The Man Who Loved Clowns, Delrita's internal conflict is...
A. She confronts people who show disrespect to her uncle Punky
B. She struggles between feeling love and feeling shame toward Punky
C. She argues with Avanelle about using their shared math book
D. She competes with Punky for her mother's affection
What is B. She struggles between feeling love and feeling shame toward Punky?
According to Winning Mount Olympus, Greek gods and goddesses are like humans in these ways____________. (Name 3 ways)
What is they fight, yell, lie, weep, and need food and drink?
This is the use of words that appeal to the senses to create a mental picture.
What is imagery?
According to Winning Mount Olympus, Hades is the god of the sea.
True or False?
If false, give the correct word.
What is False? Poseidon is considered god of the sea.
Name the story.
A young boy living in a Los Angeles barrio learns about true character when a stranger rescues his cat.
What is Any Small Goodness?
This is the main idea of Papa G'Ho...
A. A grandfather teaches his grandchildren about great horned owls.
B. The life cycle of great horned owls includes the male owl building a nest
C. Humans must stop destroying the habitat of great horned owls.
D. A disabled adult owl teaches baby owls at a wildlife center.
What is D. A disabled adult owl teaches baby owls at a wildlife center?
The theme of both "A Pack of Brothers" and " I Ask My Mother to Sing" is_____________.
What is it is important to cherish family memories?
This is an overstatement or exaggeration to make a point or add humor.
What is hyperbole?