Vocabulary
Mr. Block made a sinister face when he designed this game to be tricky.
What is feeling something bad or evil might happen?
What is the climax?
Mr. Block told his students for the millionth time to look back in the text during the test.
What is hyperbole?
When the author gives a hint that something could happen later on in the story
What is foreshadowing?
The prefix: micro-
What is small?
The students wanted a tangible prize for winning, not just getting bragging rights.
What is able to be seen/touched or physical?
The ending of the story
What is the resolution?
The student ran like an Olympic sprinter to catch the bus.
What is a simile?
The viewpoint of a charachter or author
What is perspective?
The prefix: Uni-
Ex. Unicelluar
What is single?
Some days at school may feel monotonous for students.
What is the same/boring?
The actions in the story helped determine this lesson that readers learn.
What is the theme?
The magic music makes your morning mood
What is alliteration?
The writer ended each stanza with the same line.
What is repetition?
Ex. dysfunction
What is difficult or improper?
Hearing students put their two favorite numbers together proved to be vexing for many teachers.
What is annoying/distrubing?
When and where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees, for the maples want more sunlight, and the oaks ignore their pleas.
What is personification?
The author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
Inter-
Ex. International, Interval
What is between?
The student was audacious in making his bet with the teacher, despite the teacher's repeated warnings that they were going to lose.
What is bold/daring?
The beginning of the story when the characters and conflict are introduced.
What is the exposition?
The bride got cold feet and refused to get married.
What is an idiom?
A reference to a well known story in a piece of literature. Ex. "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore", "flying too close to the sun" and Dog-Man's Fetch-22 and Lord of the Fleas
What is an allusion?
Chron-
Ex. Chronological