Show:
SHURAC
Drama
Fiction
Poetry &
Figurative Language
Nonfiction
Text Features
Renegade
Renegade
150


Which skill of SHURAC is show above?


Highlight key terms

150
What does a character tag do?

Tells us who is talking

150

Tell me the 5 parts of plot (in order)

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

150

What is rhyme scheme?

(double points if you can give me an example)

The pattern of rhyming words

(AABB, ABAB, ABCA, AABBCC)

150

TRUE or FALSE:

All of these are examples of text/graphic features:

- Title
- Bold Word
- Caption
- Diagram
- Picture

TRUE

150

Pedestrians should look both ways before crossing the street.

a. crosswalks
b. walkers
c. stoplights
d. drivers

b. walkers

250

What is the FIRST thing you should do when you get a passage?

Write the skills you need next to the questions

250

TRUE or FALSE

A drama usually has a theme

TRUE

250

The moral or lesson of a story

theme

250

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

Simile

250
Why do author's include text/graphic features?

To help us understand the text better

250

Slavery was abolished in the U.S. after the Civil War. 

a. outlawed
b. exchanged
c. running
d. common

 

a. outlawed

350

What is a good number of words to define in each passage?

AT LEAST 3

350

Why do stage directions help us understand what we are reading?

They tell us how a character says something or what they are doing.

350

When and where a story takes place

Setting

350

Using multiple words with the same beginning sound

ex: Alice ate all the apples after Andrew.

alliteration

350

What graphic feature is this an example of?

Picture

350

My mother gets anxious if I stay out after dark.

a. nervous
b. silly
c. happy
d. sleepy

a. nervous

450

What does the A in SHURAC stand for?

Answer the questions

450

The problem is either _______ or ________ 

(do the motions)

internal or external

450

What is typically the author's purpose of fiction?

Entertain

450

"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."

"I walked a million miles to get to school."

"It's raining cats and dogs."

What are these examples of?

hyperbole

450

What graphic feature is this?

Diagram

450
Lizzo's large and beautiful home was palatial.

a. ugly

b. tiny
c. for dogs
d. like a mansion

d. like a mansion

550

What is the last thing you should do when using SHURAC?

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS (AND SCANTRON)

550

Explain how small characters can have a significant impact to the plot.

answers will vary

550

Tell me what happens in each part of plot (IN ORDER)

Exposition: characters and setting

Rising Action: problem introduced

Climax: TURNING POINT

Falling Action: begin to solve problem

Resolution: the ending; loose ends tied up; happy or sad

550

BANG

CRASH

CRACK

WHIP

Onomatopoeia

550

I had to retrieve my phone from the basket.


What text feature is this an example of?

Bold Word

550
Flip-phones became obsolete with the development of iPhones and Androids.


a. popular
b. out-dated
c. careful
d. round

b. out-dated

1000

Read for ___________

Understanding

1000

What is the difference between an act and a scene?

A scene is a single setting, and an act can be multiple scenes.

1000

Name the 4 text structures

Cause/Effect

Problem/Solution

Chronological (sequential) Order

Compare/Contrast

1000

Give me 1 example of each:

metaphor

idiom

oxymoron

answers will vary

1000

What is the difference between text and graphic features?

Text features are features included in the text, and graphic features are extras on the page.

1000

Mr. McCarter is repulsed at the thought of fruit candy with chili powder. 

a. happy
b. pleased
c. disgusted
d. allergic

c. disgusted