An Adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. Ex. Her GREEN eyes looked into mine.
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What is a metaphor?
It means one thing but is describing another. Shows abstract ideas and paints picture in readers mind.
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What is mood?
The mood is the atmosphere or feeling created through description of plot and setting.
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What is Imagery?
Imagery is descriptive language that awakes one of the five senses. (etc. touch, smell, taste, sound, feel.)
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What is a literal question?
A literal question that deals with straight content. Right there in the text. Ex. What colour was Crabbe's canoe?
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What is a proper noun?
A proper noun is a formal name. Ex. Trenton and always contains a capital. It is also specific.
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What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison of two different things. Ex. My ears buzzed like a mosquito.
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What is plot?
Plot is the events in a story. It usually has five elements. The exposition (set up), rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
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What is Foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is when the author is writing between the lines to hint at something that is about to happen. This gives the reader a clue at what might happen later in the text.
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What is an inferential question?
An inferential question most of the answer is in the text but you have to solve the rest of the answer with the text you have. Ex. Why did Mary leave her job at the university?
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What is a Common Noun?
A common noun is not specific. Ex. school
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What is a symbol?
A symbol is an object that represents something else. Ex. Rainbow is a symbol of hope.
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What is tone?
Tone is the atmosphere or mood the reader gets from reading the story. Ex. sarcastic, light, happy.
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What is Dialogue?
Dialogue is a conversation between characters. To indicate dialogue, a new paragraph is used and quotation marks at the beginning and end of sentence.
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What is an interpretive question?
An interpretive question is based off text but to each reader the answer is different. Ex. Did Mary kill herself on purpose?
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What is a verb?
A verb is a word that expresses an action. Ex. I ran.
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What is Irony?
Irony is using a word or phrase to mean the opposite of its normal meaning.
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What is Setting?
Setting is the place the story takes place.
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What is Point of View?
Point of View is the way the story is presented to the leader. Usually first person or third person.
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What is a personal response?
Personal response is what would you do.. kind of question. Ex. Do you think Crabbe will find happiness?
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What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun or another pronoun.
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What is Alliteration?
Alliteration is the repetition of the same first sounds in a group of words. Ex. Sally sold seashells.
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What is Conflict? And what are the four types?
Conflict is the struggle or problem that the main character has to solve or face. The four types are, human v.s self, human v.s human, human v.s nature and human v.s society.
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What is Protagonist?
A Protagonist is the main character of the story.
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What is a multiple choice question?
Multiple choice questions are forms of assessment in which respondents are asked to select the best possible answers out of the choices from a list. Ex. Is Crabbe about:
a) Survival
b) Ego
c) a and b