Figurative Language
Elements of a Story
Vocabulary
Random
Game of Westing
1000

Giving a nonhuman human characteristics

What is personification?

1000

where and when an event takes place in a short story

What is setting

1000

It is what the passage or paragraph is about. (two words)

What is the main idea?

1000

a struggle between a person or an outside force. (two words)

What is external conflict

1000

Name the partners for Team #8

(First and Last Name)

Who are Sydelle Pulaski and Angela Wexler?

2000

a direct comparison of two different things

What is metaphor

2000

the most intense or exciting high point of a short story

What is climax

2000

The reason why an author writes. (two words)

What is Author's Purpose?

2000

a sign or warning of whats going to happen next

What is foreshadowing

2000

Turtle's real first name

What is Tabitha-Ruth?

3000
extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole
3000

the main events of a short story

What is plot

3000

When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word. (two words)

What is context clues?

3000

visually descriptive or figurative language

What is imagery

3000

The idea that was stolen from Mr.Hoo

What are disposable diapers?
4000
the use of words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss," "buzz," "slam," and "boom"
What is onomatopoeia
4000

the lesson or moral of a story

What is theme

4000

The feeling the author wants the reader to get.

What is mood?

4000

Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.

What is inference?

4000

List the locations of the 4 bombs IN ORDER

1. Kitchen in Coffee Shop

2. Kitchen in Shin Hoo's Restaurant

3. Wexlers' Apartment

4.In the Elevator


5000
the repeated use of the same constant at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
5000

the perspective from which the story's told. (3 words)

What is point of view

5000

The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.

What is tone?

5000

a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________

What is analogy

5000

Name all of Sam Westing's other names/characters he disguises as himself (4 first and last names)

SPELLED CORRECTLY 

*Except one last name*

Who are Sandy McSouthers, Barney Northrup, Julian Eastman, and Windy Windkloppel?