What is the name of the person who tells the story?
What is the narrator?
100
What are groups of lines in a poem called?
What is stanzas?
100
What is the formula for making an inference?
Evidence + Background Knowledge = Inference
100
List 3 different strategies you could use to help you figure out the meaning of a word.
Dictionary, Thesaurus, Context Clues, Inferences, Prefixes and Suffixes
100
What is the setting of Inside Out and Back Again?
Saigon, Vietnam 1975; during the Vietnam War
200
If you include the word "I" in your writing, what point of view are you writing in?
What is first person point of view.
200
The stars danced playfully in the sky. Name the form of figurative language used here.
What is personification?
200
The titles of books get underlined and poem titles get quotes.
True or False
True
200
I was so irate, I felt like the Hulk. I was about to Hulk smash that man's windshield.
Based on the context of the sentence what does "irate" mean?
Extremely Angry!
200
What is the papaya tree symbolic of?
Hope
300
Daily Double
When an author suggests what is to come in a story, or gives hints in advance about what will happen later, it is called ____________________.
What is foreshadowing.
300
Daily Double
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words is called __________________.
What is alliteration?
300
Why do writers use transitional words and phrases?
To help one thought flow to the next. To transition from one idea to the next.
300
Sometimes words can be broken down into three parts. The root of the word, the suffix and the _________________.
Prefix
300
What event happens in the story that foreshadows trouble in the future?
Ha taps her foot to the floor.
The IChing Teller predicts their lives will twist inside out.
400
The feeling the reader gets after reading a text is called the _________________________.
What is mood.
400
When an author repeats the same phrase one line after the next it is called a ________________ structure.
What is parallel structure?
400
What does an MLA format heading look like?
First and Last Name
Miss DeMayo
ELA 8 Period ___
3 January 2017
400
The dictionary definition of a word is called _____________.
What is denotation?
400
Daily Double
What is the definition of a dynamic character?
Name one from Inside Out and Back Again.
What is a static character?
Name a static character.
A character who goes through an internal change in the story.
Ha
A character who remains the same throughout the story.
Mother
500
The author's attitude toward a subject is called the __________________.
What is tone.
500
When a poet uses detailed words and phrases to tap into the reader's senses and create a picture in their mind, the form of figurative language used is called ______________.
What is imagery?
500
There are 5 key pieces to a well-developed paragraph response. What are they?
Claim, Evidence, Explain, Transition, Conclude
500
The feelings, thoughts and ideas a word evokes is called ______________.
What is connotation.
500
Why do authors use foil characters?
These are characters who have opposite traits. They are used to enhance the qualities of one another.