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A writing technique that uses hints, clues or feelings to suggest what might happen in the narrative.

What is foreshadowing?

100

The protagonist.

What is the main character of a story called?

100

I wandered lonely as a cloud is one of these.

What is a simile?

100

A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side.

What is an oxymoron?

100

What is the name of one of Mr. Costello's plants?

Archie or Eric

200

A pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a line or stanza.

What is a rhyme scheme?

200

This is another word for the introduction of a story.

What is the exposition?

200

The teacher roared at the class is an example of one of these.

What is a metaphor?

200

This is the consequences of the climax of a story.

What is the falling action?

200

Who is Mr. Costello's favorite student student?

Baird, Damian    Bantaya, Carl Angelo Flojo            Barrett, Annouk Lily     Bennett, Alexis Lacey Rebecka   Bennett, Nicholas Daniel   Brown, Emlyn Shirley     Caadan, Juliana Rolen      Cheema, Noor Ul Ain Ali     Durnford, Melanie Autumn        Foran, Madelyn RitaGrantham, Grace Noel      Hitchens, Ethan Lee    Hoffer, Caitlyn Marie     Humphries, Kiev Evan      Krawchuk, Katelynn Enid Nadean          Langlois, Bunnie Grace   Lukianchuk, Emily Avery Rose Ungalak      Macdonald, Brynn June      Maher, Destiny Margaret Emily      Mandeville, Maisy Mae         Martin, Emily Mary        Merrick, Sierra Grace       Rice, Andrew James    Scoville, Luke Evan Smith, Chloe Grace  Stromsmoe, Summer Beverly Marie    Stymiest, Parker Stanley Donald       Tekleab, Habte      Thompson, Luna   Vansadia, Vaidik      Vansadia, Vedant

300

This is the only type of internal conflict.

What is Character vs. Self?

300

Time, place and circumstances.

What is the setting of a story?

300

Nomitha knew how to laugh is an example of this.

What is alliteration?

300

A direct comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.

What is a metaphor?

300

What animal will break into the class and steal your eyes if you fall asleep?

BIRDS

400

"The wind whispered my name" has these two literary devices.

What are alliteration and personification?

400

Character vs. Society, Circumstances/Nature, and Character are all types of this.

What is external conflict?

400

"An hundred years should go to

praise / Thine eyes and on thy

forehead gaze." Is an example of this.

What is an example of hyperbole?

400

This is the attempts to solve a problem in a story and complications to the problem.

What is the rising action?

400

Who is your favorite core subject teacher you have had for grade 8

Who is Mr. Costello

500

"Friendship is valuable" is an example of this.

What is theme?

500

Theme.

What is topic + opinion?

500

Video question - Bruno Mars. The most prevalent (most used) type of literary device in the song is this.

What is hyperbole?

500

This is the reader's feelings when reading or viewing a text.

What is the mood?

500

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