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Plot Elements
Figurative Language
Word Study
Conventions
Mixed Bag
100
The turning point of any fictional story.

What is climax?

100

Name this type of figurative language.

"Her smile was like the sun."

What is a simile?
100

Name one of the following options that have a related base word.

glow/grow

brave/weak

courage/courageous

What is courage/courageous.

100
Name the verbs below that require an -ed to be added to make them past tense.


know

want

fall

play

What are wanted and played?

100

Name the word below that has a final stable syllable.

shouting

amuse

crumble



What is crumble?

200

The part of the story where the problem is fixed or comes to a close.

What is the resolution?

200

Name this type of figurative language.

"I haven't slept in years."

What is hyperbole?

200

Name the word pair that has the same r-controlled vowel sound.

bird/heart

bird/herd

bird/board

bird/fire

What is bird/herd?

200
Rewrite this sentence to show subject-verb agreement:


"They sings along with the choir."

What is:

He or She sings along with the choir.

OR

They sing along with the choir.

200

Rewrite the sentence below to use the verb form of be correctly.

I are excited to watch the game today.

What is I am excited to watch the game today?

300

Between the climax and the resolution, this happens.

What is Falling Action
300

Name this type of figurative language.

"The class was a zoo."

What is a metaphor?

300

Write the word below that has the r-controlled ar vowel sound.

dare

part

fair

hear

What is part?

300

Add a preposition to the following sentence so that it makes sense. 

He buried a large rock ____ a field.

What is in or near or by or behind?

(any preposition to show location)

300
Write which one of the following words is not a preposition.


attend

about

above

What is attend?

400

First person and Third Person are words connected to this topic.

Point of View

400

Name this type of figurative language.

"Did you see that ball jump right out of his hands?"

What is personification?

400

Divide the word below into its correct syllables.

tension

What is ten/sion?

400
Name the words in the sentence below that show it has the future progressive tense.


Callan will be playing baseball all summer long. 

What is will be playing?

400

The name for the events that happen between the exposition of the story and the climax. 

What is rising action?

500

This word describes everything introduced at the beginning of the story, like setting and characters. 

What is exposition?

500

If language is not figurative it is ________________.

What is literal?
500
Name the words below that follow a VC/V pattern. Rewrite them with the correct syllable breaks.


tribal

melon

meter

planet

What is mel/on and plan/et?

500

Rewrite the sentence below from present progressive to past progressive tense.

I am trying to go to bed earlier.

What is I was trying to go to bed earlier?

500

Name the point of view of the following passage:

"I cannot hear the speaker," Joan whispered to her friend.

"It's okay, it's nothing important," a stranger responded. "I've heard this speech before."

Joan shrugged and continued drawing in her notebook.

What is third person?