A problem posed by the outside world - environment, people, weather, animal, society....
What is an external conflict?
100
A syllable or syllables put at the end of a word to change its meaning or to make another word - ly, ness, ful, er
What is a suffix?
100
The are artifacts, records, writings from the actual time of the event.
What is a primary source?
100
The final part of the plot of a story, explaining how the conflict is settled.
What is the resolution?
100
How would you find the 5th paragraph of a story?
What is by counting the indentions?
200
List 3 effects of figurative language.
Answer not in question form
To emphasize a point.
To add interest.
To encourage the reader to read actively by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting...
To add beauty to the text
200
List three questions you would ask when evaluating a source.
Answer not in question form
Is the source relevant, accurate, current, biased...
Is the author qualified?
Can the information be verified?
200
This can be proved to be true.
What is a fact?
200
The true story of the author's own life.
What is an autobiography?
200
As the group wandered through the dark cave, they knew they had made a serious mistake. Joe had tried to persuade his friends not to enter, but they had not listened. Now all of them were in grave danger.
WHAT IS THE POINT OF VIEW?
What is 3rd person?
300
A problem caused by the emotions of a character - anger, jealousy, loneliness, grief, fear...
What is an interal conflict?
300
List 3 ways an author can make a story realistic.
Answer not in question form.
The author can make the setting, characters, dialogue, conflict...realistic, as if they could be real.
300
Words which have similar meanings.
small/little
What is a synonym?
300
The main character or force in a work of literature.
What is the protagonist?
300
As he waited in the field he could hear a quiet bzzzzzzzzzzz and waited for the inevitable sting.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Language which empahsizes sensory impressions which help the reader to hear, feel, smell, taste the things described in the text.
What is imagery?
400
A person, situation, or the protagonist's own inner conflict which is in opposition to the protagonist's goals.
What is an antogonist?
400
What is the best/first method you should use to determine the meaning of a word in a story
What are context clues?
400
The literal dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotation?
400
My life ain't been easy. Times been rough and I'se been work'n hard.
What is dialect?
500
The writer's attitude toward the subject. For example, if writing about dogs, the author's attitude might be humorous, sarcastic, loving, angry....
What is tone?
500
The feeling connected with a word, in addition to its dictionary meaning.
What is connotation?
AND which has a more negative connotation - lazy or unmotivated?
500
Place these URLs in order from MOST to LEAST reliable.
.com, .edu, .gov, .org
What is .gov, .edu, .org, .com
500
Why the author wrote the story
AND
Name the three most common reasons.
What is author's purpose
To inform, entertain, and to persuade.
500
Remember, you promised not to let the cat out of the bag!