What do you call the information used to tell the characters in a drama how they should be acting when they do or say something in a play?
Stage Directions
100
What do you call the actual "paragraphs" in poetry?
Stanzas
100
What does the prefix "pre-" mean when added to the beginning of a word?
Before
100
When reading, you can use the following to help you understand what you're reading. Fill in the blank.
Background Knowledge + Text Clues = ___________
Inference
100
What genre do you call a story of a real person's life that is written by that person.
An Autobiography
200
What do you call the group of people who do the acting in a drama?
Characters or Cast
200
What is the type of figurative language used in the following phrase? "The lake was as shiny as glass."
Simile
200
What is a suffix?
It is added to the end of a word and actually changes that word's meaning.
200
What is another word for the "conflict" in a fictional story?
Problem
200
What do you call the type of genre where is verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. It often uses rhythm and rhyme.
Poetry
300
What is the name for the items used in a drama to make a character appear more real or to help a character perform an activity during a drama?
Prop
300
What is the type of figurative language an author uses to exaggerate an idea?
Hyperbole
300
What prefix could you add to the beginning of the word, "agree," to change it to mean NOT agree?
Dis- (disagree)
300
How do you know when a story is being told in "first-person" point-of-view?
The use of first-person pronouns like I, me, we, us.
300
What do you call the type of genre where the author includes texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.)
Informational or Non-fiction
400
What is the name of the person who tells the actual story in a drama?
Narrator
400
Name the type of figurative language the author used here..."Her eyes are blue lakes."
Metaphor
400
What is an antonym for sleep?
Wake, awake, alert
400
When a test question asks you what a selection is mainly about, he/she is basically asking you....
What the main idea is.
400
What do you call the type of genre where the author creates theatrical plays of a particular kind or period.
Drama
500
What do you call the part of a drama that tells the reader what the stage and background should look like?
Set/Setting
500
True or False? To be a poem, it has to rhyme.
False
500
Give an example of a synonym for run.
Jog
500
True or False. A summary can include an opinion.
False
500
What do you call the type of genre where the author uses short stories and novels, about imaginary events and people where a plot is always included?