Figurative Language
Plot Structure
CONTEXT CLUES
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
100

Billy brought a bunch of blue balloons to the brunch.

What is an Alliteration?

100

This part of the story leads up to the climax.

What is the rising action?

100

DEFINITION, EXAMPLE, ANTONYM, SYNONYM, INFERENCE

What are the CLUES to figure out a meaning of a word?

100

Define THEME

What is the overall MESSAGE of the STORY?

100

DEFINE ANTONYM?

What is the OPPOSITE of a given WORD?

200

When Mrs. Low dropped the dish went boom, bang.

What is Onomatopoeia?

200

This includes the setting, characters, time and place that a story.

What is the EXPOSITION?

200

Compared to her last tiny house, her new house if MASSIVE!

What is the meaning of MASSIVE?

What is HUGE?

200

Define INFERENCE

What is an EDUCATED GUESS?

200

DEFINE SYNONYM.

What is a word the is similar to a given word? 

300

Life is a bowl of cherries.

What is a Metaphor?

300

The part of the story that come after the CLIMAX and before the RESOLUTION?

What is the FALLING ACTION?

300

The hikers guessed that it would take three full days to reach the pinnacle or top of the mountain.


What is the meaning of PINNACLE?

What is the TOP?

300

Describe the components of THINK, READ, SUCCEED.

What are:

Highlight the Title

Number the Paragraphs

Read the Questions

Highlight and Number the Paragraphs where you found the answer.

300
DEFINE a CHRONOLOGICAL Text.

What is a text that contains dates, years and time that items took place?

400

I have a TON of homework.

What is a HYPERBOLE?

400

This is how the story ends?

What is the resolution?
400

The two squirrels seemed to FROLIC as they ran up the trees.  FROLIC means to play in a fun way.

What is the definition of FROLIC?

What is PLAY IN A FUN WAY?

400

Define NOUN

WHAT is a PERSON, PLACE, THING or IDEA?

400

Define COMPARE and CONTRAST.

WHAT is telling how things are SIMILAR and how they are DIFFERENT?

500

Cool as a Cucumber.

What is an IDIOM?

500

The Most Exciting Part of a Story

What is a Climax?

500

What a difference a week makes!  Last week, Amber was very disappointed after her soccer team's loss.  This week, though, she was ELATED when the game was over!

Define ELATED.

What is to be excitied?

500

DEFINE ADJECTIVE.

What is a word the DESCRIBES a NOUN?
500

DEFINE A PROBLEM AND SOLUTION TEXT.

WHAT is a TEXT that PROVIDES a PROBLEM and a SOLUTION to the PROBLEM?