STORY TIME
What is a first-person narrative?
A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a storyteller recounts events from that storyteller's own personal point of view, using first-person grammar such as "I", "me", "my", and "myself".
What is the main conflict for Meg’s family?
Mr. Murry was sent away on a work mission and the family has not heard from him in a long time.
The verb phrase in a sentence.
Define: Antonym
A word of opposite meaning.
What is a conflict (literary device)?
A conflict is a literary device that presents the struggle between two sides due to a disagreement in values, desires, motivations etc.
Which character speaks through quotations?
Mrs. Who
Which sentence type is this an example of:
What time does the train depart?
Interrogative Sentence
Define: Compound Word
Individual words (or phrases that act as individual words) made from two or more words working together.
What is personification?
The giving of human qualities to an object or an abstract idea.
What comforted Meg the most?
Math
What is this an example of?
Break - Brake
Homonym
Define: Idiom
A type of phrase or expression that has aa different meaning behind the literal words used in that phrase/expression.
What is a dynamic character?
A dynamic character is one who changes and evolves throughout the story.
How many siblings does Calvin have?
11
What is the direct object in the following sentence?
The gardener handed the homeowner a bouquet of freshly picked flowers.
Bouquet of freshly picked flowers
Define: Homograph
What is a flat character?
Flat characters are two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work.
Why does Meg have trouble tessering?
She lacks faith and doesn’t trust the process.
What is the indirect object of the following sentence?
Maria bought her sister a beautiful necklace.
sister
A word's literal meaning found in the dictionary.