R.A.C.E.
Point of view
Plot
Types of conflict
Figurative Language
100
Change the question into a statement and make it part of your answer.
What is restate the question?
100
Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters. "I", "Me", "My".
What is first person?
100
How does the main problem reach its peak?
What is the climax?
100
A struggle between a character and his/her feelings, conscience, or fear.
What is person vs. self?
100
A comparison of unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
Give evidence that supports your answer. This should come directly from the text.
What is citing evidence? *quotes*
200
Harry Potter is a book that is third person limited.
What point of view is this?
200
How are the loose ends tied up? What questions are answered? How is the conflict resolved?
What is the resolution?
200
A struggle between a character and nature.
What is person vs. nature?
200
Words that don't mean what they really mean.
What is an idiom?
300
Explain how the evidence supports your ideas and make a connection to something you know about.
What is explain & extend?
300
The narrator reports the facts of a character as an outside observer.
What is third person objective?
300
Who are the main characters? Where is the story set? What event makes the rest of the story possible?
What is the exposition?
300
A struggle between two characters. One may be the antagonist.
What is person vs. person?
300
Giving human like qualities to non-humans.
What is personification?
400
Answer all parts of the questions. Make inferences based on the text and what you know.
What is answer the question?
400
The narrator is an outside observer who focuses on the thoughts and feelings of ONE character.
What is third person limited?
400
What events take place after the climax that prepare the story for its resolution?
What is the falling action?
400
A struggle between the laws or beliefs of a group, like poverty.
What is person vs. world/society?
400
An exaggeration that is usually not true.
What is a hyperbole?
500
-Restate the question -Answer the question -Citing evidence *quotes* -Explain and extend
What are the four parts of race?
500
The narrator is an outside observer who can tell thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.
What is third person omniscient?
500
What are the most important complications and events in the story that move the plot along?
What is the rising action?
500
What type of conflict is this? Kenny gets caught by the "wool pooh".
What is person vs. nature?
500
Sound words like "BAM!", "WACK!", and "MEOW??!"...etc.
What is an onomatopoeia?