Type of Question
I ask for the meaning of a word or phrase.
Vocabulary
What is a group of lines called?
Stanza
I am written as steps to describe how something gets done.
Sequence or chronological order
Another word for the person who is telling the story.
Narrator
Raj shook his head. He didn't need to practice. Next Friday, he'd sharpen two pencils. Then the title sould be his again.
Shows a character's thinking
I ask for the description of a character.
Character trait
As big as an elephant
She was like a mouse
These are examples of what tool that is used in poetry?
Figurative language
I am written as describing two or more topics that have things that are the same and things that are different.
Compare and contrast
In nonfiction the central idea or message is also called?
Main idea
After the bell rang, Raj crumpled up his quiz and shoved it into his desk. That Caroline! Barging into 4B and taking over the speed-math quiz. Well, she'd better watch out, because from now on, he was going to practice his math like crazy. Then he'd reign as champion again.
Character motivation or character trait
I ask for why a character behaves a certain way.
Character motivation
Out goes the teacher
Out goes the students
Out goes the parents
This is an example of what tool in poetry?
Repetition
I am written as either a conflict, something goes wrong, a person or group of people is made unhappy, and other negative situations but then those negative situations are made better in some way.
Problem and solution
In fiction the central idea or message is called?
Lesson/message/theme
Tatenda is only 11 years old and someday he wants to be a doctor. But today his friends and schoolmates call him “teacher.” Like most children in Sanyati, a small countryside town in western Zimbabwe, when Tatenda was not at school, he spent his time playing football (soccer) or looking after his father’s cattle.
Gets the reader's attention
I ask for why the author wrote something a certain way.
Author's craft
Poets use words that describe the five sense to create what?
Imagery
I am written as a reason for a result to happen.
Cause and effect
Another word for the most important events in a story.
Plot
Many children and adults have learned from Tatenda how to use a computer. “He is a bright kid and a good teacher,” said Magumise, one of the teachers who is receiving lessons from him. In Sanyati, Tatenda has single-handedly introduced computers to the villagers.
Introduces a perspective/point of view/opinion
I ask for how a paragraph is connected to the whole passage.
Main idea and part part connection
The ____________ of a poem can be frustrating, joyful, stressful, or melancholy.
Mood
I am written as a central idea and many examples to make it more clear.
Main idea and details
The point of view or perspective can also be called?
Opinion
In the 1950s, a science fiction book described an amazing house. It was a house of the future. Robots did all the chores. They cooked and cleaned. They set the table and vacuumed.
Gives background knowledge