Genre
True or False: The things that happen in a realistic fiction story actually happened in real life.
False
True or false: A poem must rhyme.
False
The time, place and mood of a story
A) Setting
B) Tone
C) Exposition
D) Characters
A) Setting
Read between the lines
A) predict
B) infer
C) support
D) main idea
B) infer
The Protagonist is...
A) the hero
B) telling how to do something
C) how someone sees something
D) giving facts and information
A) the hero
A group of students at school start a rumor that gets out of hand. What genre is this most likely to be?
A) Fantasy
B) Argumentative Writing
C) Realistic Fiction
D) Science Fiction
C) Realistic Fiction
A "chunk" of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in an essay
A) rhyme scheme
B) stanza
C) foreshadowing
D) point of view
B) stanza
The high point or the turning point of a story
A) Rising Action
B) Climax
C) Resolution
D) Falling Action
B) Climax
What is the main idea?
A) What the entire passage is mainly about
B) The message about life that the author wants you to know
C) The emotions the author wants yo to feel
D) The point of view of the author
A) What the entire passage is mainly about
Resolution is...
A) a persuasive method; a celebrity recommends it
B) repeated use of sounds, words or phrases
C) the end; ties up loose ends
D) a conflict, then it's solved
C) the end; ties up loose ends
Two small-town kids stumble across a portal where they meet magical beasts.
What genre is this most likely to be?
A) Nonfiction
B) Fantasy
C) Realistic Fiction
D) Poetry
B) Fantasy
Inferring is when...
A) a repeated consonant sound at the beginning of words in a sentence
B) to predict or figure something out
C) how someone sees something
D) the author implies things about the character
B) to predict or figure something out
The place where the conflict is resolved and loose ends are tied up
A) Falling Action
B) Exposition
C) Resolution
D) Crisis
C) Resolution
What is the topic?
A) The subject that the entire passage is about
B) The main idea
C) The theme
D) The point of view that the author has
A) The subject that the entire passage is about
Falling Action is...
A) one thing that represents another
B) the time after the climax; things calm down
C) a jump into the past to see events that have already happened
D) what the characters say; often portrayed with quotation marks
B) the time after the climax; things calm down
Which of the following genres does not fall into the category of fiction?
A) Memoir
B) Romance
C) Fantasy
D) Horror
A) Memoir
Internal Conflict is...
A) a problem inside someone's head; i.e. a decision
B) a problem in the outside world; i.e. a battle or disease
C) a persuasive method; giving facts and percentages
D) a persuasive method; a celebrity recommends it
A) a problem inside someone's head; i.e. a decision
A) Evidence
B) Details
C) Summary
D) Text
A) Evidence
Some rabbits change their fur with the seasons. In the summer, they have thinner coats with short fur. In the winter, their fur grows longer and thicker. Then in the spring, the rabbits shed their winter coats. What's the main idea of the paragraph?
A) Rabbits have long, thick coats in the winter.
B) Rabbit fur changes in different seasons.
C) Rabbit fur
D) Rabbits shed their fur.
B) Rabbit fur changes in different seasons.
Context Clues are...
A) to search very closely for information and details
B) three-line Japanese poetry form; five, seven, five syllable pattern
C) telling you to believe a certain way
D) hints in the narration of a book; can be used to help you find out the meaning of a word
D) hints in the narration of a book; can be used to help you find out the meaning of a word
Which plot is from the historical fiction genre?
A) Citizens have just learned that a giant meteor wiped out the eastern world
B) A princess has just escaped from an evil dragon's castle
C) A boy escapes from German Nazis by wearing a disguise
D) A young boy finds his lost dog by placing an ad in the local paper
C) A boy escapes from German Nazis by wearing a disguise
Exposition is...
A) the beliefs, family, traditions, place, or religion of people
B) the time after the climax; things calm down
C) the author directly tells you about the character
D) the introduction; the beginning
D) the introduction; the beginning
What you know + what you read=
A reasonable guess
A) Summary
B) Central Idea
C) Evidence
D) Inference
D) Inference
The main idea in a story is...
A) the writer's position on an issue or problem
B) The subject
C) Details help make the main idea clear and provide evidence for a claim.
D) what the author wants me to learn about the subject
D) what the author wants me to learn about the subject
Theme is...
A) to search very closely for information and details
B) a biased statement only true for some people
C) a moral or lesson; what you learn
D) five-line poems with set rhyme scheme and meter; usually humorous
C) a moral or lesson; what you learn