Dahl's Narratives
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
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100
Explain what the Mouse Plot story was about. 

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100

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

Personification 

100

Person, place or thing

Noun

100

What punctuation marks are allowed at the end of a sentence? 

Period, exclamation marks, question marks 

100

192 times 3

576

200

Who was the mean, old, dirty lady in his Mouse Plot story? 

Mrs. Pratchett

200

What is Personification? 

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

200

Shows a type of action

Action Verb

200
What punctuation is used to represent when a dialogue is taking place in a story? 

Quotation Marks

200

Principal of our Middle School

Vice Principal of our Middle School 

Mr. Stage

Mr. Freeman

300

Who was the Matron? 

Answer will be long. 

300

What type speech if personification? 

Figurative Language

300

Give an example of 5 nouns

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boat, shoe, chair, sky, school 

300

A conversation between two people in a story

Dialogue

300

What is the capital of Arkansas? 

Little Rock

400

What type of relationship did Dahl have with Mrs. Pratchett? 

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400

Give an example of personification

The snowflakes danced in the sky. 

Other answers can be given. 

400

Give examples of strong verbs 

dash, stroll, or other answers

400

What is used when there is a lot of emotion in a story? 

Exclamation Mark 

400

How many letters are in the alphabet? 

26 

500

Compare Pratchett with Matron. 

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500

Give an example of personification from the story of the Real San Giving. 

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500

Give examples of strong adjectives

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500

Use a question mark in a sentence. 

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500

What is the shortest month of the year? 

February