Literary Devices
A theme is...
A lesson the author wants you to learn
What is the format you can use to make sure you are summarizing a story or movie correctly?
Somebody wanted but so then
I guessed it had been donated by a school because there were initials carved into its legs, and if you lifted the yellow scarf off the top, you could read all about a Mrs. Pushkin.
What does the word donated mean as it is used in the sentence?
Given
What is the difference between a main idea and a topic?
A main idea is what the author wants you to know, the topic is what the author is writing about.
A plot is...
(List all parts of a plot (6))
The way in which a story progresses including the exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, Conclude
What is RACE-C?
“As you can see,” he said, holding it up to the tired piano at the front of the room, “your paper keyboard is exactly to scale.”
What does the phrase “exactly to scale” mainly suggest about the paper keyboard?
It is a copy made to actual size.
One of these is a topic and one is a main idea. Identify the main idea.
"Dogs" or "Dogs can be trained to help people with disabilities"
"Dogs can be trained to help people with disabilities"
A symbol is...
An image used to represent something else
A mouse wanted a cookie but he didn't have milk so he asked the boy for milk and then ended up asking the boy for a bunch of other things.
What is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?
Which word from the passage contains a prefix that means “again”?
uproot reunited forward impenetrable
Reunited
Main ideas are use for ______________ while theme is used for ___________.
Nonfiction, fiction
One symbol in Esperanza Rising was...
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY FOR EXPLAINING WHAT THE SYMBOL REPRESENTS)
Roses, Crochet, Fruits, Dirt
Poems don't use paragraphs, they use...
Stanzas
Perhaps most striking—and the characteristic that intrigued Caitlin most early on—is that elephants are highly social animals that form lifelong relationships.
Which of the following could best replace the word striking in the sentence?
pleasing confusing interesting distracting
Interesting
What is the theme of Wonder? (2 words)
Choose kindness
Summarize the novel Inside Out and Back Again
Ha wanted her new home to feel like Vietnam, but people were cruel to her, so she struggled to make friends, then she finally found happiness in her new country.
The following is an example of what figurative language?
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
Alliteration
What is the meaning of the simile?
The girls ran off like rockets shooting into the stars.
The girl ran away quickly
What is the theme of Number the Stars?
Ordinary people can be brave