General SAS
Reading
Plot
Figurative Language
Miscellaneous
100
What can you use to highlight and take notes in SAS?
The highlighter tool and the notepad tool
100
What is the protagonist?
The hero/main character of the story (the person with the problem)
100
This part of the story gives us the setting, characters and sometimes the conflict.
The exposition of a story
100
To use strong exaggeration
hyperbole
100
What's wrong with this sentence?
my cat is named harry
M in My needs to be capitalized
H in Harry needs to be capitalized.
Period is needed at the end of the sentence.
200
What do you need to bring for SAS (3 things)?
Charged computer
Charger
Independent reading book
200
The universal message or lesson of the story
Theme
Double Jeopardy: Give an example of a common theme.
200
The turning point of the story
The climax
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
personification
200
To give a short explanation that only includes the most important parts.
Summarize
300
Where can your phone be during SAS?
OFF!
At home, in your locker, or on your teacher's desk.
300
The problem of the story
conflict
300
What is the difference between the rising action and the falling action?
The rising action is the events leading up to and building suspense for the climax and introduces the conflict, while the falling action is the events after the climax that lead to the resolution.
300
She is as busy as a bee.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
300
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
The Cat in the Hat
Sat on the paint
And made it go splat!
ABA
400
What do you do if you are not sure of your answer?
Mark the question for review and fix it later.
400
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
First Person
400
This is the last part of the story that wraps it up.
What is the resolution?
400
It is raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Idiom
400
What is a synonym for tired?
sleepy, exhausted, etc.
500
What is the max amount of time you can pause your test?
20 minutes
500
Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Fiction = not real/made up
Nonfiction = topic, factual, provides information
500
List all the elements in a plot diagram:
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
500
Life is a highway.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Metaphor
500
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is the author's emotion expressed through the text, usually created through word choice and sentence structure (ex. sarcastic, angry, humorous).
Mood is the emotion the reader feels, usually created by imagery and word choice (ex. melancholy, joyful, afraid).