moderate: Jamie wants to keep the house spotless all of the time and Shannon is a total slob, but I am a bit more moderate about cleanliness.
What is easy going?
100
The turning point when a main character changes or no longer stays the same.
What is climax?
100
The NMS school leader.
Who is Mr. Bradley?
200
Splat!
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
The reason why the author wrote the story
What is Author's Purpose?
200
solemn: The mood in the church became very solemn when the bride began to walk down the aisle.
What is serious?
200
The events of the story that lead up to the climax.
What is rising action?
200
Batman vs. Superman winner
Who is Superman?
300
She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is Alliteration?
300
Rewording a phrase, paragraph, or section of a story in your own words
What is paraphrasing?
300
audible: A dog whistle makes a high-pitched sound that is only audible to dogs.
What is able to hear?
300
The events that lead to the resolution of the story.
What is falling action?
300
The time and place that a story takes place
What is setting?
400
We sat in silence and listened to the wind whispering in the trees.
What is Personification?
400
The lesson the author wants you to learn from the story or passage.
What is Theme?
400
disdain: She gives me this look of disdain ever since I shot up her dolls with my BB gun.
What is the hatred/disgust?
400
The good vs. the bad.
What is protagonist v.s. antagonist?
400
The Spring assessment given by the state of Texas that all students must take.
What is the STAAR test?
500
I had to give my dad a hand when we put up our Christmas lights.
What is an Idiom?
500
The skill that relies on text evidence and background knowledge.
What is inferencing?
500
incredulous: I wanted to give the new kid a chance, but when he started telling me that he could ride his skateboard on top of the telephone wires, all I could do was stare at him with an incredulous smirk.
What is unbelieving?
500
The information given at the beginning of the story.
(Hint: 2 things)
What is setting and characters?
500
The step where you check for grammatical errors, punctuation errors, and spelling mistakes.