Argumentative
Point of View
Figurative Language
Plot Elements
Random Christmas
100

A counterclaim is 

What is the opposing claim?

100

The narrator of a first person narrative is this

What is a character in the story?

100

The difference between a metaphor and simile is this

What is simile uses like/as while metaphor does not?

100

The beginning of a story is called this

The exposition 

100

Name three of Santa's reindeer. 

Dasher, prancer, dancer, Vixen, Commet, cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph

200

A rebuttal is

Arguments or evidence that weaken or disproves the counterclaim 

200

A third person narrator is this

What is someone outside of the story?
200

When a story references Romeo and Juliet's love story, this is called

What is allusion?

200

This part of the story builds suspense

What is rising action 

200

This person played the main character in "Home Alone" 

Who is Macaulay Culkin? 

300

A counterclaim for "Teachers should assign homework is 

Homework does not help students learn.

Students are overburdened with homework 

300

The narration of this text is.....

Roberto saw that the elderly man had dropped his keys when he got off the bus. It wasn’t his stop, but Roberto worried that the man might not be able to get into his home.

What is third person limited?

300

The example is what type of figurative language:

glimmering girl 

What is alliteration? 

300

The message of the story

What is theme?

300

In "The Nightmare Before Christmas," this character is in love with Jack Skelton. 

Who is Sally? 

400

Name a type of evidence

Expert opinion

Statistics

Surveys

Quotes

400

The narration of this text is ...

The elderly man didn’t realize he had dropped his keys when he got off the bus. Roberto hesitated for a moment because it wasn’t his stop, but he knew what he had to do.

What is third person omniscient?

400

This is an example of what type of figurative language:

The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. 

What is personification? 

400

The problem in a story is this 

What is the conflict?
400

In "A Christmas Carol," these three ghosts appear before Ebenezer Scrooge? 

Who are the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future?

500

Evidence must be both 

Sufficient and relevant to support the arguments. 

500

A first person narrator does not know this in the story. 

First person does not know:

-what other characters are thinking

-anything that happens when they are not around


500

This is an example of what type of alliteration:

Boom! Pop! Sizzle!

What is onomatopoeia? 

500

Mrs. Hutchinson is an example of this in a story. 

What is a protagonist?

500

This is the author of "A Christmas Carol."

Who is Charles Dickens?

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