Parts of Speech
Genres
"The Giver"
Elements of Fiction
Nonfiction Text Features
100

Which part of speech is the following word?

Beautiful 

Adjective 

100

Which genre would have aliens, superpowers, or time travel?

Science Fiction

100

Who was the Receiver in Training that asked to be released?

Rosemary

100

Fiction stories often have protagonists and antagonists. These are examples of what?

Characters

100

This is found in the beginning of a book and it tells you the titles of the chapters and the pages you can find them on.

Table of Contents

200

Which part of speech is the following word?

Escaped

Verb

200

Which genre would have characters experiencing problems like we have in real life, BUT, it's a made up story?

Realistic Fiction

200

Is Jonas's dad a bad man because of what he's done?  

Cite your evidence.

Jonas's dad is not a bad man.  He doesn't know any better.  He doesn't understand what death even is.

200

Events that happen in a story (beginning, middle and end) is an example of what?

Plot

200

This is found in the back of the book and it gives you the DEFINITIONS of the words in the book.

Glossary

300

Which part of speech is the following word?

Texas Roadhouse 

Proper Noun

300

Which genre would have information about a person written by SOMEONE ELSE?

Biography

300

Which topic did Jonas ask his parents about that they warned him about "precision of language?"

Love

300

Where and when a story takes place is an example of what?

Setting

300

This is additional information that can be found on the side of the text. 

Side Bar

400

Which part of speech is the following word?

however

Conjunction

400

Which genre would show someone writing about THEMSELVES?

Autobiography

400

How did the memory of war affect Jonas?

Cite your evidence.

The memory of war haunted Jonas.  It upset him very much.  That's why he got so upset when Asher was playing that game.  The memory of war was also what made Jonas realize that when he was "releasing" the new child, he was killing him.

400

This is revealed in the lesson that the protagonist has to learn.

Theme

400

This is information that is written near a picture to explain what the picture is.  

Caption

500

Which part of speech is the following word?

her

Pronoun

500

Which genre would you find true facts about the sinking of the Titanic, BUT the story had fake characters in it?

Historical Fiction

500

What do you predict will happen now that Jonas is not taking his Stirring pills?  

Be appropriate!

He will start to feel his urges and desires toward Fiona. Jonas might decide to act on these urges and try to be with her.

500

This refers to the perspective that the story is told from.

Point of View

500

This is the type of writing where the word looks slanted or squiggly.  It's used so the reader can emphasize that word (make it stand out).

Italics