Unfamiliar Words
Point of View
Poetry/Drama/Prose
Poetry, Drama, Prose
Poetry, Drama, Prose
100

Growing tired of the other kids copying the girl, The teacher yelled "This mimicking must stop!"

This word best helps us understand the word "mimicking"

Copying

100

These are the two types of point of view we discussed in class. 

First and Third person

100

This type of literary text is organized into verses and stanzas

Poetry

100

This type of literary text is organized into scenes or acts.

Drama/Play

100

This type of literary text is organized into paragraphs and sentences.

Prose

200

This word in the following poems means to cry out in sadness or pain.

The saddest fish that swims the briny ocean,

The Catfish I bewail

I cannot even think without emotion

Of his distressful tail.

bewail

200

This type of noun can be used to identify a stories point of view. 

Pronoun

200

The following statement is true or false.

All poems must rhyme.

False

200

A drama mainly consists of characters talking.

This type of text is called.

Dialogue

200

This type of literary text would be read with rhythm.

Poetry

300

The teacher was nonplussed, even after careful consideration she wasn't sure what to do next. 

The word nonplussed most likely means

a) not happy    b) unsure   c) angry   d) surprised

b) unsure

300

The following excerpt is from this persons' point of view.

"This is mama wolf, and I hope everyone has a wonderful day!"

Mrs. Burkhead

300

These two elements of a drama tell characters how to act and what to say.

a)stage directions    b)rhythm   c)stanzas  d)dialogue

A & D

300

This type of figurative language is found when a words phonetic spelling matches the noise it describes. 

Onomatopoeia
300

These two types of figurative language are used to compare to unlike things in a story.

Simile & Metaphor

400

This word or phrase would be best to replace the term "uncanny" in this passage ( not canned / beyond normal / really bad / alien )

It sometimes seemed like he had eyes in the back of his head. The teachers' ability to notice students playing games was truly uncanny.

400

These three pronouns would be found in a third person point of view text. (Any three)

he, she, him, his, her, hers, they, them, their, theirs, himself, themselves, herself, it, its, itself, 

400

Textbooks, magazines, and chapter books are this type of literary text.

Prose

400

These two features would only be found in a script for a play and not in a story.

a)Descriptions provided by a narrator   b)Events that tell what happened   c)stage directions   d)dialogue between characters   e)cast of characters   f)Description of the setting

C & E

400

This type of figurative language uses a common phrase or saying that has a non literal meaning.

Idiom

500

This meaning for the word "rash" best fits in the the following sentences.

Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning.

a) an itchy skin condition    b)funny    c)trying to hide or disguise a piece of cheese     d) with little thought or consideration

d) with little thought or consideration


500

This point of view gives the reader many different character perspectives.

Third Person

500

This term describes the underlying message that one might find in a poem, drama, or prose.

Theme

500

This type of figurative language describes something with a great exaggeration.

Hyperbole

500

The except shown below has this type of rhyme pattern.

How doth the little crocodile

Improve his shining tail,

And pour the waters of the Nile

on every golden scale!

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