Simile or Metaphor?
Her eyes were as blue as the sea.
Simile
100
What kind of characters do we find in myths?
Gods and Goddesses
100
The trouble in any story, like when Billie Jo's mom died in Out of the Dust, is an example of..
Conflict
100
Trans- means ______________, and an example of a word tht uses this prefix is _______________.
over, across or through
200
An overstatement or exaggeration is a
A) Idiom C) Simile
B) Metaphor D) Hyperbole
Hyperbole
200
When animals can talk in stories, it is an example of what?
Personification
200
Fiction that takes place around or during a real event from the past.
Historical Fiction
200
A clue as to something that will happen later in the story is called _______________.
foreshadowing
200
What suffix can be added to excite to mean capable of being excited?
a. ness
b. ment
c. ly
d. able
able
300
When words are used to imitate sounds, it is an example of
A)Repetition C) Onomatopoeia
B) Alliteration D) Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
300
Millie May mixes muffins on Monday.
This is an example of:
a. onomatopoeia
b. alliteration
c. homophones
Alliteration
300
The lesson of a folk tale is often called the _____ of the story.
moral
300
When a story interrupts it's order to go back to an event that took place earlier is called ______.
Flashback
300
Most words that end in ly are:
a. nouns
b. adverbs
c. verbs
adverbs
400
Kevin was the most gallant boy she had ever met. What he had done was amazingly brave!
What does gallant mean?
very brave
400
What does this idiom mean?
He is a chip off the old block.
He is just like his father or his brother.
400
The book, The Outsiders, is an example of what genre?
Realistic Fiction
400
What happens after the climax?
Falling Action
400
Would something that only happens in the U.S. be considered international?
NO
500
Karen was schocked to see who her opposition was in the chess tournament.
What does opposition mean?
person playing against her
500
The equator is so hot you could fry an egg on the sidewalk.
Antarctica is so cold that your tears would turn to icicles.
These are examples of what poetic device?
Hyperbole
500
A story about 8th graders doing projects in Computer class would be:
a. biography
b. historical fiction
c. realistic fiction
d. realistic nonfiction
e. science fiction
realistic fiction
500
When a story makes you feel expectation, or anxiousness, you are feeling..
Suspense
500
To make the opposite of each of these words, what prefix would you add at the beginning?
-obey
-like
-funtion
-satisfied