Grammar
This part of speech describes an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
The meaning of the prefix "pre-".
What is "before?"
The main character in a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession.
What is an apostrophe?
In "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus," Aven moves to this desert location where her parents manage a Western-themed amusement park.
What is Stagecoach Pass (or Arizona)?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
A character who opposes the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A sentence that lacks a subject or verb and doesn't express a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
The King of Mulberry Street takes place in this immigrant neighborhood of New York City in1892.
Five Points (Lower East Side), Manhattan, New York City
A word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning and spelling.
What is a homophone?
A character who changes or grows throughout the story.
Who is a dynamic character?
This term describes the moment of highest tension in a story, after which the outcome is determined.
What is the climax?
These coordinating conjunctions are remembered by the acronym FANBOYS.
What are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So?
This New York City neighborhood was the center of African American culture during the 1920s and was home to writers like Langston Hughes.
What is Harlem?
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
This character from Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus was born without arms but doesn't let that stop her from solving mysteries.
Who is Aven Green?
A type of conflict that is experienced within the character, such as when an important decision weighs on him or her.
What is an internal conflict?
Unlike action verbs, these verbs connect the subject to information about the subject and don't show action.
What are linking verbs?
In Code Talker, Ned Begay grew up on the Navajo reservation, which is located in this state.
Arizona (although any of the "Four Corners" will be accepted: New Mexico, Colorado, or Utah)
The name of a type of poem that has 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
In The King of Mulberry Street, this pitiable character is eventually killed by his padrone.
Who is Tin Pan Alley? (Also accepted Pietro)
The main parts of a story's plot structure.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?