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Elements of Plot
Figurative Language
Author's Purpose
Poetry
Wild Card
100
The most exciting part of the story. This is were all the action takes place.
What is CLIMAX?
100
An organized binder is like a breath of fresh air.
What is SIMILE?
100
You should buy a ticket to the Spring Fling Dance! There will be a D.J. playing the best music in town, a concession stand featuring yummy food and a dunking booth. This is sure to be the most amazing event of the year. Anyone who's anyone will be there. Don't be left out, buy your ticket today!
What is PERSUADE?
100
Words that sound alike; rain and pain.
What is RHYME?
100
A story that is written with make believe characters and events; not real.
What is FICTION?
200
WHERE and WHEN the story takes place.
What is SETTING?
200
The moon is a lamp in the sky.
What is METAPHOR?
200
An Iberian Oil Tanker capsized in the Pacific Ocean today spilling millions of gallons of oil. Clean up crews have been working nonstop to assess the damage.
What is INFORM?
200
A paragraph in poetry.
What is STANZA?
200
When someone writes the story of their own life.
What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
300
The main problem in the story.
What is CONFLICT?
300
Karson caught crazy catfish in Canada.
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
As Johnny walked through the dark tunnel, he could hear water dripping and a faint hum in the distance. The tunnel was dark, eerie and mysterious. Who knows what lurked inside it? Suddenly, Johnny felt something pulling at his leg!
What is ENTERTAIN?
300
Poetry that DOES NOT rhyme.
What is Free Verse?
300
To rewrite the story, retelling ONLY THE IMPORTANT POINTS. The BME strategy is used.
What is SUMMARIZE?
400
The part of the story where the conflict is present and suspense begins to build up.
What is RISING ACTION?
400
That book really speaks to me.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
400
The AUTHOR'S PURPOSE of a poem
What is EXPRESS?
400
Lines that are REPEATED over and over in a poem.
What is REFRAIN?
400
When someone uses what they already know, applies it to an new situation and makes an educated guess. EXAMPLE: If there are dark coulds in the sky, I can_____________that it might rain.
What is INFERENCE?
500
The good guy or HERO of the story. This character faces the conflict.
What is PROTAGONIST?
500
I have so much homework that it will take me a million years to finish it all.
What is HYPERBOLE?
500
What is the AUTHOR'S PURPOSE of a Science Textbook?
What is INFORM?
500
When a poet uses words that appeal to the readers sense of vision, taste, touch and smell.
What is IMAGERY?
500
The moral lesson that a story tries to teach. The underlying message of the story.
What is THEME?