Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Informational
Writing
Wild Card
100

What happens in a story; the chain of events in a story

What is plot?

100

A single line of a poem.

What is a line?

100

In drama, this is like a chapter in a book.

What is act?

100

Butter, flour, sugar, and eggs are important ingredients in both cupcakes and cakes.


This is an example of what type of text structure?

What is compare/contrast?

100

The first sentence of the introductory paragraph.

What is the hook?

100

A comparison of two things using like or as.

What is a simile?

200

A character that undergoes a deep change from within a story.

What is a dynamic character?

200

The repetition of vowel sounds among words.

What is internal rhyme?

200

The written text of a play.

What is the script?

200

Things found in informational text that give clues to what the text could be about, and help the reader to understand unfamiliar words or text. 

What are text features?

200

The number of direct text evidence selections you must put in your body paragraphs.

What is two?

200

The three things needed in your introductory and conclusion paragraph.

What are hook, bridge, and thesis?

300

The person (or force) in conflict with the protagonist.

What is the antagonist?

300

A grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a space or a line.

What is a stanza?

300

Directions or descriptions in the script that tell how the play is performed.

What are stage directions?

300

Putting a cold drink on a wooden table can leave a water ring, but using a coaster will prevent this.

This is an example of what kind of text structure?

What is problem/solution?

300

The last sentence in your introductory paragraph.

What is the thesis statment?

300

A truth or lesson about life that is revealed in a story.

What is the theme?

400

Hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in a story.

What is foreshadowing?

400

The repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words.

What is alliteration?

400

The people in the play.

What are characters?

400

What kind of text structure provides dates, times, or years in the text?

What is chronological?

400

The first sentence of your body paragraph 1.

What is topic sentence and reason 1?

400

Where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed.

What is the exposition?

500

The anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story.

What is the mood?

500

A pair of two lines in a poem containing end rhymes. 

What is rhyme scheme?

500

A subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage.

What is a scene?

500

A type of text structure that is trying to convince the reader to take action, buy a product, or believe in something. 

What is persuasive?

500

The thesis formula.

What is restate the prompt because/by/are/is reason 1 and reason 2?

500
When the author tells explicitly what the character is like. 

What are character traits?