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Exposition
Plot
Name that Genre!
Parts of Speech
Torture
100
The people in the story are called . . .
characters
100
What is the general shape of a plot?
a mountain
100
mummies, zombies, haunted houses, bloody chainsaws and creeping vampires
horror
100
What are the three main parts of a noun?
person, place, or thing
100
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
fiction = fake nonfiction = actually happened
200
What is the general feeling of the story called?
mood
200
What is the tensest, most exciting part of the story that the reader waits for?
the climax
200
flying cars in the future
science fiction
200
Every day the children were jumping over the fence. What is the verb in the sentence?
jumping
200
What should the reader do before ever starting page 1 of a book?
Preview! (the front and back cover, skim the insides)
300
Stories are categorized by . . .
genre
300
What is the very ending of the story called?
the resolution
300
pictures and captions, charts, symbols, diagrams
nonfiction
300
"Wow, that is an ugly dog," said Joyce. What is the adjective in the sentence?
ugly
300
Name at least three things that nonfiction has that realistic fiction probably doesn't have.
symbols, charts, dates, photos, captions, diagrams, maps, text features, etc.
400
At what point in the story's plot does the exposition occur?
the beginning
400
Which part of the story drives the entire plot?
the problem
400
a story about a made-up soldier who served in George Washington's army during the Revolutionary war
historical fiction
400
The cook went to the restaurant with a fresh pig. Name all the nouns in the sentence.
cook, restaurant, pig
400
Kevin washed and dried the nasty, dirty dishes. In order, name all the . . . - nouns - verbs - adjectives
nouns: Kevin, dishes verbs: washed, dried adjectives: nasty, dirty
500
The two parts of setting are . . .
time and place
500
Think strategy: which two parts of the plot should you fill out at the very end?
the rising action and falling action
500
a story about a woman who loses her job and how that affects her family
realistic fiction
500
Think strategy: What suffix should we add to the end of words to test if they are verbs?
-ing (Ex: jump + ing = jumping)
500
What part of the plot makes up most of a story?
the rising action (The left side of the mountain is longer people!)