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What is the setting of a story?

Where/when the story takes place

100

When a narrator uses "she, he, they" and knows everything about all of the characters..

Third person omniscient 

100

What is a narrator?

The person who tells the story


100

What is an adjective?

A word that describes a noun

100

Name 3 different types of poems


Haiku: 3 lines, 5-7-5 syllable pattern

Limerick: 5 lines, AABA rhyme scheme

Free Verse: No rhyme scheme

Rhyme Verse: Rhymes, but no overall structure.

Narrative: Tells a story

200

The problem of the story

conflict

200

The message or lesson of the story

Theme 

200

The organization of a fiction story

The plot 

200

She is busy as a bee.

This is an example of what type of figurative language?

Simile

200

Name 3 drama elements

Playwright

Script

Cast of Characters

Dialogue

Stage Directions

300

Short description of the main points of a story

Summary

300

A synonym for determined is...

persistent 

300

Explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction = a made up story

Nonfiction = text based on factual information

300

"POW" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Onomatopoeia 

300

What does chronological order mean? 

order of events from first to last

400

Another term for Claim

Controlling idea

400

Vocabulary Word: what a nonfiction text is mostly about

Central Idea/Main Idea

400

What is an action word?

Verb

400

"ECR" is an abbreviation for...

Extended Constructed Response

400

What is a noun?

person, place, thing, or idea

500

Name kinds of text structure

Cause and effect

Chronological order

Descriptive

Compare and Contrast


500

A conclusion you make based on the details you read in the passage or text.

Inference


500

How many nouns are in this sentence:

Boyer and Shayna drove past the store and quickly parked by Chipotle.

4

500

What punctuation marks do you use to cite direct evidence from the text?

Quotation marks

500

When writing an essay, I begin by writing the...

Introduction/Hook