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Figurative Language
Expository Writing
Narrative Writing
Novel Unit
Short Answer Responses
100
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration or over exaggeration.
100
Expository is NOT....?
A story.
100
What does "narrative" mean?
Narrative means story.
100
What was the TITLE of the novel we read?
Maniac Magee.
100
What does the "A" in APES stand for?
Answer.
200
Which of these is a simile: A- She sneezed louder than a lion's roar. B- Jacob hopped like a frog over the hurdle. C- The flower danced in the wind. D- Mikayla ran faster than a bullet.
B- Jacob hopped like a frog over the hurdle.
200
When you see EXpository, you know you need to...?
EXPLAIN something.
200
Do all narratives have to be fiction?
No. For example, a personal narrative would be a TRUE story.
200
What was the main character's real name in Maniac Magee?
Jeffrey Magee.
200
What does the "P" in APES stand for? Explain what that means.
Prove your answer with text evidence.
300
What is figurative language?
When you say something but don't mean exactly what you say- "A figure of speech".
300
What does PACO stand for?
Purpose, Audience, Content, Organization
300
When writing or reading a fictional narrative, what do you call the people in the story?
Characters.
300
What is the name of the character in the East end that does not like Maniac?
Mars Bar Thompson.
300
What does the "E" stand for in APES?
Explain how the quote supports your answer.
400
Give an example of hyperbole.
Accept correct answers.
400
Name a type of writing that is expository.
Accept correct answers. Ex: Newspaper, Recipes, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Instruction manuals, etc.
400
A personal narrative is what kind of story?
A true story about yourself.
400
What is one conflict in the novel Maniac Magee?
Accept correct answers.
400
What does the "S" in APES stand for?
Summarize by restating your answer in a different way.
500
Michelle's spirit is a bird that soars free. This is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Metaphor- a comparison between two unlike things (a girl's spirit and a bird) NOT using like or as.
500
Look at the following prompt: Write to a new student at school explaining how to go through the lunch line at Neff. WHO is the audience in this prompt?
A new student at school.
500
Can you remember what one of the narratives we read this year was about? It can be any story we read BUT NOT the novel.
1- Was about a boy whose teacher humiliated him by telling the whole class he didn't have a father. 2- Was about a girl who was a cheerleader and had to learn who her real friends were. 3- Was about a girl who had to donate bone marrow to her sick brother. 4- Was about a boy who was embarrassed to wear his old green jacket to school. 5- Was about a girl who was embarrassed to wear an ugly red sweater that wasn't hers on her birthday. 6- Was about a girl with a secret clubhouse. 7- Was about a fisherman and his wife who couldn't have children. Accept any other correct answers.
500
Which race lives in which end?
West end- white people, east end- black people.
500
What does "open-ended" mean?
There can be more than one right answer.