Fiction
Non-Fiction
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Inferences
100

The antagonist in the story.

Who is the person going against the main character?

100

Bedbugs are one of the worst household pests. This is an example of fact or opinion.

What is opinion?

100

These are words that imitate the sound they represent.

What is an onomatopoeia?

100

This is the moral of the story.

What is theme?

100

A student yawns during class.

What is bored or tired?

200

The protagonist in the story.

What is the main character/hero?
200

Ligon Middle School is located in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is an example of fact or opinion.

What is fact?

200

The crook was as sly as a fox.

What is simile?

200

This is considered the turning point of the story/the most exciting part of the story.

What is the climax?

200

We bought tickets and some popcorn.

What is going to the movies?

300

This is the problem in plot development.

What is conflict?

300

These help you to read a piece of informational text. They can be captions, sidebars, bold words, etc.

What are text features?

300

My computer screamed before it died a brutal death.

What is personification?

300

This is a paragraph in a poem.

What is a stanza?

300

Ms. Dew stomps into class and slams the door. 

What is angry?

400

This tells you the setting and the main characters that are introduced at the beginning of the story.

What is the exposition?

400

There are five types of text structures. Name them.

What are problem/solution, cause & effect, description, compare & contrast, and sequence?

400

I've been waiting in line for forever!

What is Hyperbole?

400

List the three types of point of view.

What are first person, second person, and third person. 

400

A decorated tree and a man dressed in red.

What is Christmas?

500

This is the final part of the novel- the ending of the story.

What is the resolution?

500

These words have opposite meanings.

What are antonyms?

500

My niece Laurel is a ray sunshine.

What is a metaphor?

500

These are the five author's purposes.

What is to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to describe, and to explain?

500

Students sitting in rows silent, on computers, with scratch paper.

What is taking a test?