Subject Verb Agreement
Direct and Indirect Objects
Literary Terms
Sheila Mant
Searching for Summer
100
The team and the band were/was on the field.
were
100
Caroline broke Nick's heart.
Nick's heart.
100
What are the 5 stages of the plot diagram?
Exposition, Rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
100
Who is Sheila Mant? Describe on of her character traits?
Verify
100
What is going on at the beginning?
Wedding
200
Neither the dinosaur nor the monster was/were mean.
was
200
King Kong defeated the dinosaur for the girl.
Dinosaur-direct Girl-indirect
200
Define protagonist.
Good guy, main character
200
What does the narrator do to try and impress her? Does it work?
Diving. Not really.
200
What area the main characters looking for?
Sunshine
300
The rhythm of the pounding waves is/are calming.
is
300
Jasmine fed the intruder to her pet tiger.
intruder-direct tiger-indirect
300
Give an example of an idiom
Verify
300
What mode of transportation does the character use to take Sheila on their date?
Canoe
300
Where do they find the sunshine and how do they get there?
Old lady's cottage when they take her purse back.
400
Neither of them like/likes going to the show.
likes
400
He paid the mechanic 200 dollars to fix the brakes.
200 dollars-direct mechanic-indirect
400
What is the difference between static and dynamic character? Give an example of both.
Static doesn't change, dynamic does.
400
How does Sheila act in the canoe?
Like a jerk
400
What decision are the main characters faced with?
Reveal the location or not
500
Statistics is/are and interesting subject
is
500
Hercules cut the seven heads off the Hydra and gave them to his girlfriend. How romantic...
heads-direct girlfriend-indirect
500
What is a thesis statement?
Main idea/topic of your paper.
500
What is the main conflict of the story? How does the conflict resolve?
Fish vs. Sheila. Sheila wins, narrator regrets his decision.
500
How does the story resolve?
They keep it a secret