Figurative Language
The baby was as cute as a button.
Which figure of speech is being shown?
Ms. Lowles' class wanted to celebrate the end of the school year with an ice cream party; however, the rest of the school decided on having an assembly instead. Ms. Lowles' class fighting for their celebration is what kind of conflict?
Person vs. Society
Which organizational pattern is used to find/list similarities and differences between two things?
Compare and Contrast
What is the term for the beginning of the story?
Exposition
Which reference resource would you use to find out how to pronounce the word "dinosaur"?
Dictionary
My students are louder than a rock band!
What figure of speech is being shown?
Hyperbole
A storm comes through while you are camping and a tree falls on your tent and traps you underneath.
What kind of conflict is being shown?
Person vs. Nature
This morning Julie's alarm didn't go off. Because her alarm didn't go off, she was TWO HOURS late to work.
Which organizational pattern is being used?
Cause and Effect
What does the term "Climax" mean?
The most important/exciting part of a story.
Which resource would you use to figure out how far away Wisconsin is, and in which direction?
Atlas
The pencil danced across the page as she wrote the lyrics to her new song.
What figure of speech is being shown?
Personification
A ghost from the Civil War is still haunting the house it lived in. A new person moves into the house and has a nasty run in with the ghost.
What type of conflict is being shown?
Person vs. Supernatural
A text where the author presents a problem and possible ways to solve that problem.
Problem and Solution
What is the plot?
The events that make up a story.
"What happens in a story".
Which resource would you use to figure out what time the sunset is supposed to be for the next week?
Almanac
The classroom was an ice box. Everyone was shivering because of the cold.
What figure of speech is being shown?
Metaphor
Ms. Lowles can't decide is she is going to marry Thor or Aquaman. She keeps going back and forth about her decision.
What type of conflict is being shown?
Person vs. Self
A text structure that writers use for picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, motion, sound, taste, smell, and touch
Description.
What is the ending of the story referred to as?
Resolution
Which resource would you use to find another word to use instead of "very".
Thesaurus
It's raining cats and dogs outside!
What figure of speech is being shown?
Idiom
An amazon echo spies on a family for years, learning everything about their lives. Soon, the Echo thinks it is a part of the family and begins doing things on its own that affects the family.
What type of conflict is being shown?
Person vs. Technology
The purpose of the text is to organize information into general statements with supporting details.
Generalization
Name the parts of the plot in the order that the happen (think of the diagram).
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
Which resource would you use if you needed to write a paper on World War 2?
Encyclopedia.