Genres
Figurative Language
Where the Red Fern Grows
Call of the Wild
Grammar
100
This genre has a plot and characters that are very true to life. Although it is a made up story, it very easily could happen because it is very practical.
What is Realistic Fiction?
100
This is a simile.
What is comparing two things using like or as.
100
The book's main character.
Who is Billy?
100
This was the main dog's name.
What is Buck?
100
The beginning of a sentence should always have this.
What is a capital letter?
200
This genre is a story about a person written by that person.
What is Autobiography?
200
This is a metaphor.
What is comparing two things not using like or as.
200
This was the boy dog's name.
What is Old Dan?
200
This was Buck's first owner.
Who is Judge Miller?
200
These type of nouns should always be capitalized because they are important.
What are proper nouns?
300
This genre is a story about a person written by someone else.
What is Biography?
300
This is a type of figurative language that mimics sounds words.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
This was the girl dog's name.
What is Little Anne?
300
This was the man that loved Buck the most.
Who is John Thornton?
300
These words describe a noun.
What is an adjective?
400
This genre is a made up story with made up characters but is based off of true historical events.
What is Historical Fiction?
400
This is a type of figurative language that puts two opposite words together to make one term. For example, "pretty ugly"
What is oxymoron?
400
This is why Billy wanted to take a break from hunting for a while.
What is the accident with the neighbor boys who bullied him?
400
This is how many pounds Buck had to break from the ice.
What is 1000 pounds of flour?
400
These type of words describe a verb.
What is an adverb?
500
This genre is a made up story a lot of times taking place in the future or involving advanced unknown technology.
What is Science Fiction?
500
This is a type of figurative language that shows the opposite happens of what is expected to happen.
What is irony?
500
This is why Billy started hunting again.
What is the competition with his dad and grandpa?
500
These are the two men that were with Buck and the rest of the dogs throughout most of the journey to Dawson, but then abandoned Buck and the rest of the dogs.
Who are Francois and Perrault?
500
These type of nouns show ownership of something.
What are possessive nouns?