Vocabulary
This verb means to drive away or cause disgust.
What is repulse?
What is an Aha Moment?
What is when a character suddenly sees things differently or understands something?
Define a short story.
What is a story with a fully-developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel?
Character traits are
What are qualities shown by characters or the expressions of their personality?
A clause is this
What is a group of words with a subject and a verb?
This noun refers to the process your body uses to convert food into energy.
What is metabolism?
Give one example of what might happen when a character experiences an Aha Moment.
What is may view something in a new way?
What is suddenly solve a problem?
What is reach a deeper understanding about him/herself?
Name one element of a short story.
What is has a single idea and cane be read in one sitting?
What is develops one or more characters?
What is may be realistic?
What is presents a plot with one main conflict?
What is includes a setting?
What is may be realistic or imaginary?
What is often conveys a theme or lesson about life?
External conflict is this
What is a struggle against an outside force?
A subject-verb agreement is this
What is when a subject and verb must match in number - singular/plural?
This adjective means something is no longer relevant or worth discussing.
What is moot?
This is the question you should ask when you notice a Contrast and Contradiction.
What is "Why is the character acting this way?"
Self-esteem is this
What is confidence in one's own worth or abilities?
What is self-respect?
Internal conflict is this
What is a struggle that occurs in a character's mind?
A prepositional phrase is this
What is a phrase that comes between the subject and the verb?
This adjective means having no useful result or being pointless.
What is futile?
When something appears Again and Again in a story, what question should you ask?
What is "Why might the author keep bringing this up?"
Confidence is this
What is the the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something?
What is firm trust?
A Resolution is this
What is how a conflict is resolved?
What is the problem is solved?
Context clues are these
What are words that provide clues to the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
This adjective describes a state of confusion or extreme excitement, often due to illness.
What is delirious?
In Heartbeat, Dave realizes something that could be considered an Aha Moment. That realization is this.
What is that self-acceptance matters more than what others think?
What is he realized that he could wear extra shirts to look buffer?
Self-talk is this
What is the way you talk to yourself, or your inner voice?
Dave's internal conflict in Heartbeat is
What is his struggle between wanting to fit in and accepting himself?
Lurched, as in paragraph 12, means this
What is make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or movements?
What is stagger?