Vocabulary
What is the definition of "arduous"?
What is the theme of a story?
The theme is the moral or final universal message of a story.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is something that describes a verb or another adverb.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile is a direct comparision that compares two unlike objects using like or as whereas a metaphor is an indirect comparision.
Give 2 times where you would be in a quandary.
well see
When is the climax of a story?
When all the action and excitement happens
List 3 pronouns.
He, him, her, she, I, they, them
What is the part of speech in the following?
The fire station is burning.
Irony
True or false?
Sheep are known for their docile nature.
True
What is exposition in a story?
The introduction to a story
Ex: Under the door.
What object is being personified in the following sentence?
The wind howled during the night.
The wind.
Fill in the blank: Many children have been ignored and _____ for the clothes they wear.
Ostrasized
What's the difference between mood and tone?
Tone is the attitude of a writer toward a subject conveyed through word choice.
Mood is the overall feeling or atmosphere of a text.
What is the verb in the following sentence?
Demarcus is hungry.
Is
What two objects are being compared in the following metaphor?
But the rare herb, Forgetfulness, hides away from me.
A herb and forgetfulness.
What is something people use to help remember something?
A mnemonic device.
what is the difference between the falling action and the resolution?
The falling action follows the climax and the resolution is the ending.
What is part of speech is "hiding" in the following sentence.
The hiding child was waiting behind the door to scare his father.
Adjective.
What figures of speech is being used in the following sentence?
Ali, I have told you a million times you have to go home
apostrophe and hyperbole