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Figurative Language
Poetic Devices
Stories We Have Read
Elements of Fiction
Random Questions
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I was tired of being a bouncing ball, moving from town to town
What is a metaphor
100
Bill beat the big baseball with a balsam wood bat.
What is alliteration
100
This story was about a man who murdered someone and put his remains under the floor
What is The Tell Tale Heart
100
This is the high point of success in the story
What is the climax
100
This is what all good readers do before reading a text...
What is pre-read
200
The moon lit a path across the desert.
What is personification
200
This is a recurring pattern of strong and weak syllabic stresses
What is rhythm
200
He was the protagonist in "The Outsiders"
What is Ponyboy
200
The final outcome of the story in which the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution
200
The best way to organize our writing is by using this technique
What is FOUR SQUARE
300
The meeting was like a torture sentence. It lasted way too long.
What is a simile
300
Poetry with neither regular meter or rhyme scheme.
What is Free-Verse
300
This was the climax in "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
What is Papa's Death and Funeral
300
A message or truth that a story communicates about life in general. (example - dying is a dirty business...just like being born)
What is the theme
300
Roll and Role Fair and Fare These are examples of...
What is homophones
400
We were so excited about the last days of school that we jumped out of our skin
What is hyperbole
400
On the long On the long On the long ride home
What is repitition
400
This was Steve Harmon's verdict
What is not guilty
400
The event that causes the beginning of the conflict as the story begins (example - Ponyboy getting jumped outside the movies)
What is Initiating Event
400
The man went to town The girl wore a gown This is an example of this poetic device
What is rhyme
500
Reporter : Accurate :: Actor : Convincing This is called a...
What is analogy
500
Buzz, bap, splash, bang
What is onomatopoeia
500
Something does not have to be valuable to be worth a lot to someone. This is the theme of this story...
What is "The Secret Treasure of Lemon Brown"
500
Can be considered either external or internal
What is conflict
500
When we read something then explain it in our own words, we are doing this...
What is summarizing or paraphrasing