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Plot/Plot Structure
Prefix, Suffix, Roots
Author's ...
Figurative Language
Miscellaneous
100
Sequence of events in a story
What is Plot?
100
The ending
Where is a suffix located in a word?
100
The way the writer "sounds"
What is the author's voice?
100
Words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation
What is figurative language?
100
Compound sentence
What type of sentence is this: Then, people began reading the news online, circulation fell, and the paper folded.
200
The Climax
What is 3rd point on a plot structure?
200
Good or well
What does the root -bene- mean?
200
His or her special way of using words
What is the author's style?
200
Personification
This is an example of what type of figurative language: The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way.
200
An educated guess based on what you know and what the text says
What is an inference?
300
The resolution
What is this part of the story called? Sara escapes and arrests Julie. At the end of the story, Sara decides to retire from fighting crime.
300
In advance or before
What does the prefix pre- mean?
300
The author's attitude toward the readers or the topic.
What is tone?
300
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of connected words
What is alliteration?
300
Nonfiction
What type of genre is an expository essay?
400
External Conflict or Man vs Man
What type of conflict is this: Julie wants to be captain of the softball team. Debbie is telling lies about her, to make sure Julie is not picked as captain.
400
Lasting for only a limited period of time;
What does temporary mean?
400
Smooth
What best describes the author's voice here: Because I was late for school on Tuesday, I missed the principal's announcement that Wednesday's "Costume Day" had been canceled. Imagine how I felt when I boarded the bus the next morning, wearing a chicken costume!
400
Similes make a comparison with words "like" or "as" and metaphor compares by stating something is something else.
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
400
Passive voice
What type of voice is this sentence written in: The field has been plowed by the workers and is ready to sow.
500
External conflict or Man vs Nature
What type of conflict is this: Isabel is traveling through a rain forest. In the middle fo the trip, she is bitten by a poisonous snake. She must do her best to treat the wound so that she will be able to walk back to civilization and find a doctor. She wonders, "Who will win, me or the poison?"
500
Consisting of just one syllable
Using your knowledge of the prefix mono- define the word monosyllabic.
500
The flow of sentences.
What is syntax?
500
Metaphor
This is an example of what type of figurative language: Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.
500
An eagle swooping down from a mountain
What is the central image in this poem: He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls -The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson