ELA Standards
A skill used to explain the most important parts of a text.
What is summarize?
The two major settings of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
What are Athens and the magical forest.
Sun Wukong, or "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven"
Where should you place a period: "There are many types of birds I like swans the most." (Bonus if you guess the other correct punctuation mark that can be used here).
"There are many types of birds. I like swans the most." OR: "There are many types of birds; I like swans the most."
The following sentence is an example of this type of figurative language: "I am cunning like a fox."
What is a simile?
The problem in the story, often between the protagonist and another force.
What is conflict?
Two groups run to the forest for these reasons (name the reason for both groups).
What is to love without the restriction of Athens, and to practice their play?
The FIVE main characters tasked with the quest to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from the West and bring them back to the East.
Monkey, Tripitaka, Pigsy, Sandy, and the horse (dragon).
Nouns: Schoolyard, atmosphere
Verb: Presented
Adjective: Old, cursed
Adverb: Sadly
The following sentence is an example of this type of figurative language: "Your eyes are lodestars."
What is a metaphor?
The five major components that are often used to organize the plot of a story.
What are the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
This word can be used to describe the tone of A Midsummer Night's Dream, particularly when they enter the forest.
What is whimsical?
Who were the two characters that did not receive enlightenment?
Pigsy and the (horse) dragon.
Effect Vs. Affect: I was __________ by the sudden change in weather on my way to school.
What is "affected"?
The following sentence is an example of this type of figurative language: "The course of true love never did run smooth."
What is a metaphor?
The message an author is trying to convey based on a specific topic.
How the play ends.
Puck addresses that audience and suggests the whole thing may have been a dream.
This character trait leads to Monkey's inevitable defeat against Buddha.
What is arrogance? (Or similar adjective)
(A or An) Fill in the blank: "My job pays me at ___ hourly rate."
What is "an"?
The following sentence is an example of this type of figurative language: "I will love you until the seas run dry."
What is a hyperbole?
The way an author feels about a subject or topic, revealed through their specific use of vocabulary and language.
What is the tone of a story?
The theme that is revealed in the following quote: "The course of true love never did run smooth."
What is a theme of the difficulties of love?
The definition of enlightenment, specifically referring to Monkey King.
To achieve a greater awareness, and better knowledge of oneself and the world around them, typically in a spiritual way.
Correctly identify the definite and indefinite article in the following sentence: "I would like to see the dean because I need a cup of water."
Definite article: "the"
Indefinite article: "a"
The following sentence is an example of this type of figurative language: "The sun smiled this morning."
What is personification?