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Point of View
Figurative Language
Genres of Literature
Sequence of Events
Plot
100
This point of view is like a giant eye in the sky. The narrator knows everybody's thoughts and feelings.
What is omniscient?
100
That boy is a total slug. He just lays around all the time.
What is metaphor?
100
The story of a person's life written by that person.
What is autobiography?
100
What happens next? Carter and his father go to London. They meet up with Sadie and go to the British Museum. The Rosetta Stone explodes. ....
What is Dr. Kane disappears?
100
The following is the plot of a book we read in class. Name the book. A young man discovers that his father is a Greek god. He goes to a special camp where he is sent on a quest to recover Zeus' master lightning bolt.
What is Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief?
200
The narrator tells the story from his/her point of view. This point of view is usually used to emphasize one person's thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
What is first person?
200
My alarm clock reached out and shook me awake.
What is personification?
200
This genre is intended to be performed. It includes stage directions and a list of characters with speaking parts.
What is drama or a play?
200
What happens next? Miranda is walking down the street with Sal. A strange boy in a green army jacket appears. He walks right up to Sal and... ...
What is punches him?
200
This is the major conflict or problem that needs to be solved in Cars?
What is getting to the big race?
300
The narrator is an outsider who is observing things and reporting them to the reader.
What is third person?
300
The book we had to read for honors literature was as heavy as a brick.
What is simile?
300
This type of literature often includes creatures, monsters, and imaginary worlds.
What is fantasy?
300
What happens next? Percy Jackson goes on a field trip. His pre-Algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds asks to talk to him privately.
What is Mrs. Dodds turns into a Fury?
300
This is the major conflict or problem that needs to be solved in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief.
What is finding and returning Zeus' master bolt?
400
Name the point of view being used here: Rick and Sue were at their lockers. Rick put his books away. He said something to Sue, and she began to cry.
What is third person?
400
The girl is a sponge; she remembers absolutely everything!
What is metaphor?
400
The story of someone's life written by someone else.
What is biography?
400
What happens next? Miranda gets a note mentioning Colin's book bag. Jimmy's bread order is short. Miranda opens Colin's book bag and ...
What is finds the missing bread?
400
This is the major conflict or central problem that needs to be solved in The Wizard of Oz.
What is Dorothy needs to find a way home?
500
Name the point of view being used here: I was at my locker putting my things away. I saw Rick and Sue talking across the hall. Then I saw Sue start to cry. I couldn't decide whether I should go ask her if she's OK or just mind my own business.
What is first person?
500
Every math formula I had learned ran right out of my brain like prisoners in a jailbreak.
What are personification and simile?
500
A short piece of writing that paints a picture with words. It sometimes has a rhyme scheme, but it can also be written in blank verse.
What is poetry?
500
What happens next? Arachne challenges Athena to a weaving contest. Athena inspects Arachne's weaving and finds nothing wrong with it. Athena gets mad and...
What is turns Arachne into a spider?
500
Describe the plot of Arachne and Athena. You can only use four sentences.
What is: Arachne challenges Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne does well. Athena gets mad. Athena turns Arachne into a spider?