metaphors and similes are used to ________ two things to each other.
What is compare?
100
the reason an author writes a story, article, poem, or non fiction piece.
What is author's purpose?
100
The definition of PLOT is....
What is sequence of events?
100
An assumption, or reasonable guess, is also called....
What is an inference?
200
one-sentence-summary telling what the article or story is about
What is main idea?
200
A comparison between two things using the words 'like' or 'as'
What is simile?
200
The acronym that will help you remember the reasons an author might write something.
What is P.I.E.?
200
The climax of a story is...
What is the most exciting part or turning point of a story?
200
Creating a mental picture in your head as you read is also called.....
What is visualizing?
300
Fear is a biological response to outward or inward stimuli. This sentence is an example of....
What is main idea?
300
A comparison of two things without the words 'like' or 'as'. Example: My grandfather is my rock.
What is a metaphor?
300
The acronym P.I.E. stands for....
What is Persuade Inform Entertain.
300
The part of the story that introduces the conflict.
What is the rising action?
300
Making an educated guess about what could happen later in a story is also called....
What is a prediction?
400
Don't count your eggs before they hatch. OR What goes around comes around. These sentences are both examples of....
What is theme?
400
Giving an animal or an object human like characteristics is called....
What is personification?
400
The author of from Elena wrote the story in order to __________ readers.
What is entertain and inform?
400
This happens in the introduction of the story (2).
What is introduction of setting and characters?
400
An inference is a reasonable guess about something that happens..... (time)
What is the past or now?
500
Give your own examples of a main idea sentence AND a theme for 500 points.
Answers vary. Ms. Mazzella or Mrs. Otto decides which answers get the points!
500
Anything in a story, poem, or non fiction piece that appeals to your five senses. Name this type of figurative language and give your own example for 500 points!
What is imagery? Examples vary. Ms. Mazzella or Mrs. Otto will decide which examples get the points!
500
Choose any story, article, or poem that we have read this year. Tell the title and the author's purpose for writing it. Explain your answer for 500 points.
Ms. Mazzella or Mrs. Otto will decide which answers get points!
500
List the 5 parts of a plot.
What is introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion?
500
An prediction is an educated guess about something that happens.... (time)