Parts of a Story
What is the part of the story where the conflict is getting worse?
Rising Action
What do you call a comparison between two things without using like or as?
Metaphor
What is the first part of our powerful paragraph?
Argument
Who was the main character in The Outsiders?
Ponyboy
What continent is the country Peru a part of?
South America
What is the part when the story when the conflict is being solved?
Falling Action
What do you call a comparison between two things that uses like or as?
Simile
What are the second and third parts of a powerful paragraph?
Evidence and Analysis
Which book featured a set of twins?
The Crossover
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
What is the point in which the conflict is at its worst point?
The climax
What do you call it when a word or phrase is repeated several times?
Repetition
What is a theme?
The lesson of the story.
In the book Pet, what was Pet?
An angel
What is the world record for holding one's breath?
11 minutes and 35 seconds.
What is the end called?
What do you call it when a letter or sound is repeated at the beginning two or more words?
Alliteration
What is this piece of evidence missing?
"At the top of the key, I'm moving & grooving,"
What was Anita's nickname in Before We Were Free?
Cotorrita/Parrot
Who was the Author of Claudette Colvin?
Phillip Hoose
What is the beginning called?
Exposition
What is a paragraph called in a poem?
Stanza
Give one example of a theme from a book we read this year.
Answer will vary
What book is the following quote from? "I sit in mom's office for an hour, reading brochures and pamphlets about the Air Force and the Marines." (82)
The Crossover
What month is Mr. Zinkula's birthday?
December