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Figuratively Speaking
Story Time
Genre is a French Word
Multiple Choice Madness
Literature Buff
100
When I asked my brother to do the dishes, he passed the buck and made me do them instead.
idiom
100
present day, Spain This is an example of...
setting
100
A book that discusses someone's life in detail from birth to death
Biography
100
This type of answer is design to be eliminated immediately. Sometimes, it can seem silly.
Fluff
100
What attacks Brian in Hatchet and breaks several of his ribs?
Moose
200
My heart raced as I waited for my name to be called.
personification
200
Tony couldn't afford to go on the field trip to the Natural History museum. He had to figure out a way to get that money. This is an example of...
conflict
200
An article about how beetles are destroying the corn field crops
Non-Fiction or Informational
200
This type of answer is designed to deter you from the correct answer.
Distractor
200
What was the name of the Indian tribe that was responsible for John Thornton's death in The Call of the Wild?
the Yeehats
300
My mom must text me hundreds of times a day.
hyperbole
300
The overall feeling or tone of a story is also known as...
mood
300
When the story is told through the main character's point of view. You experience everything that the character experiences.
1st Person
300
Being able to predict what is going to happen is also called...
inference
300
Who did Daddy Long Legs end up being? Need first name.
Jervis
400
Water sloshes around in my rain boots as the globs of water drip into them.
onomatopoeia
400
The series of events that take place within a story
plot
400
The narrator, not the character, addresses the reader directly. Pronouns like he/she are used, not I.
3rd person
400
This type of question will ask you why the writer wrote the passage.
Author's Purpose
400
Who used to own Stanley's bed in Holes before he arrive?
Barfbag
500
Ally thought about taking her umbrella, but chances are it wouldn't rain being that it's been nice for days. When she got to the beach, a giant gray cloud rolled over the shoreline and Ally had to scramble back to her car from the rain storm.
Irony
500
The events that lead up to the climax. They build the reader up from the beginning to the turning point. What is this called?
Rising Action
500
A fictional story that explains a natural occurrence or phenomenon
myth
500
Fill in the blank. Most of the questions on the exam are designed to test your ability to ________________ text.
analyze
500
Who wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay" from Outsiders? First and Last Name
Robert Frost