A person or animal in the story, play , or literary work.
What is a character?
100
Reading is hard.
What is OPINION
100
The method of getting information from other parts of the story to understand the meaning of unknown words or parts of text.
What is context clues?
100
Shaniah wondered what she would do - her mother wanted her to go with her to Corpus on the weekend and her father wanted her to go to the Island with him.
What is man vs. self?
100
A word that means the same or has a similar meaning.
What is a synonym?
200
Events that occur in the story
What is plot?
200
My mom's garden has red, pink, and white roses.
What is FACT
200
A method of comparison; an example would be "The goalkeeper was a rock!"
What is a metaphor?
200
This was so frustrating her assignment was due tomorrow and the internet was down again!
What is man vs technology?
200
the 3 reasons that an author might write a story
What is PIE - persuade, inform, and entertain?
300
This is shown in the following sentence: "The castle sat in a moat surrounded by murky water."
What is setting?
300
In the sentence, "Abraham Lincoln was the best president of the United States of America," this word makes the statement an opinion?
What is BEST?
300
A story that is not true.
What is fiction?
300
His parents just didn't understand how could he choose one or the other. When would they stop pulling him in two directions?
What is man vs man?
300
Because he failed to notify his boss that he would be late to work, he was fired.
What is cause and effect?
400
This story element can be either internal, external or both
What is CONFLICT?
400
Mesquite Texas is a city in Texas. It's population is over 20,000 people.
What is FACT?
400
A type of figurative language that uses "like" or "as"; an example would be "He was as COOL as a fan."
What is simile?
400
College approvals had been coming for two weeks now. His parents were waiting on his decision, but he just didn't know where he wanted to attend school.
What is man vs. self?
400
The way the author organizes the story (i.e) cause to effect, sequence, problem(conflict) to solution
What is author's organization of text?
500
Overall emotion created by the work of literature
What is MOOD?
500
The school which was built in the 70's had many areas that contained asbestos which is hazardous to human health.
What is FACT?
500
The student saw the 100 page research assignment that was due tomorrow. Even though he hadn't even started on it, he grinned and stated "I'll be completely done in 15 minutes."
What is understatement?
500
Thunder boomed it's anger. Lightning shattered the sky. Delmita was terrified of the storm as it made its way through the small town. She wanted to wish it away, but it refused to go. Fear still gripped her as she slowly drifted into sleep.