SAD Openers
What does SAD stand for?
Setting, Action, Dialogue
A ______ uses the words like or as.
Simile
What are all the types of brushstrokes?
Appositives, adjectives out of order, absolutes, and vivid verbs
Is this correct or incorrect: "What? Phil asked in confusion."
Incorrect
What brushstroke is this:
Palms sweating, knees shaking, he stood on the edge of the cliff.
Absolute
What type of opening is this:
Face sweating, legs pumping, the boy sailed through the crowd of runners and streaked across the rain-soaked finish line.
Action
What type of figurative language is this: He could eat 5 million pizzas!
Hyperbole
Which brushstroke is this: Heart pounding, he leapt out of bed.
Absolute
Is this correct or incorrect: "I have no idea what I'm doing," Jeff explained.
Correct
Rewrite it correctly:
"We have a test? asked pikachu.
"We have a test?" asked Pikachu.
Is this statement correct or incorrect?
Every dialogue opener has to give a detailed description about where the story takes place.
Incorrect
A metaphor compares something without using the words ____ or __.
Which of these is an appositive? Select all that apply.
1. My sister, Annika, is a year older than me.
2. My school, Dickerson, is in Marietta.
3. My slushie, blue and pink, is in the kitchen.
1 and 2
What is the speech tag in this example: "How long a hike is it?" Ray asked. "I don't know if I have the energy."
Ray asked.
What type of opener is this:
Rushing through the autumn leaves, the black cat bounded away through the grassy backyard from the snarling Chihuahua.
Setting and action
Is this statement true or false?
SAD openers help paint a picture in the readers' mind.
True
Which is an example of an oxymoron?
1. He was a smart nerd.
2. There was a deafening silence in the room.
3. He disliked vegetables.
2. There was a deafening silence in the room.
What type of brushstroke is this:
Shaniqua, my sister, is very annoying and can never keep her mouth shut.
Appositive
What is the error: John looked at Carrie and said "What is going on in your mind?"
There is no comma after the speech tag.
What type of figurative language is this:
He was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
What kind of opener is this:
In a deep, dark forest in a distant kingdom there was a mansion house built of warm red stone. Within its walls lived a beautiful young girl, her name was Cinderella.
Setting
What type of figurative language is this: Sally Smith slept soundly while the world was ending.
Alliteration
Adjectives out of order go _____ the noun they modify.
after
Whenever a new character talks, you have to start a new paragraph and ______.
Indent
What type of opener is this:
BANG! a plate hit the wall, CRASH! a glass shattered on the floor. Cinderella sat in the stairs and sighed. Her sisters were fighting again.
Action