Elements of Fiction
Vocab/Grammar
What's So Funny
A Voice/Words Like Freedom
Brown Girl Dreaming/Selfie
100

the events that take place in a story

plot

100

the literal definition of something

denotation

100

Why does the author use exaggerated language in the telling of the story?

for humorous effect

100

what does a simile always include?

like or as

100

Which artist rebelled against the attitudes of the time and painted portraits which were not 'prim and proper' 

Joseph Decreux

200
when the conflict in a plot builds and leads to the point of highest action

rising action

200

using the words surrounding a word to figure out its meaning

connotation

200

What were the choices? Explain exactly with details. 

That day I reached a life-choice fork in the road. (paragraph 7)

Either tell the joke and get in big trouble and get laughs, or remain silent and have a good record in school.

200

"On the heartstrings of freedom sings" is an example of what type of figurative language?

Personification

200

In Brown Girl Dreaming, how does the comparison to the author's sister make her feel?

inadequate

300

the central idea or message of a story

theme

300

to draw conclusions based on the information you have

infer
300

when words are not used literally, but metaphorically to convey an imaginative idea

figurative language

300

This is an example of:

Your breath moves
through the family like the wind
moves through the trees.

simile

300

Which sentence states the central idea of the text?

1. Selfies tell us about the artists that painted them

2. Selfies are part of the centuries-old tradition of self-portraits

3. Selfie poses have become more relaxed over time

4. Selfies show a view of yourself that you want others to see

2

400

name 3 points of view

1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person

400

synonym of arrogant

haughty

400

The author's main purpose in this story is to entertain. What might be a secondary purpose?

To explain an important life choice.

400

Which two are examples of metaphor?

1. In your house that smelled like
rose powder

2. your father, the judge without a courtroom

3. an aunt in Mexico, spunky as a peacock.

4. You, who are never at a loss
for words, felt your breath stick in your throat

2, 4

400

What is established in Writing#1?

1. imagery

2. action

3. the conflict

4. the conclusion


3

500

the author's attitude towards the subject

tone

500

when you never give up

unrelenting

500

Which 3 of these choices cannot be determined for certain based on the text? In other words, which 3 cannot be accurately inferred?

1. He enjoyed telling jokes, but he often messed up the punch line.

2. Even as a child, he already knew how to get an audience laughing

3. He was shy, and jokes helped him gain confidence.

4. .Even as a child, he knew how to make humorous connections with adults, like Sister Margaret Mary.

1, 3, 4

500

What is the tone in lines 1-4 of "Words Like Freedom"?

Hopeful

500

In contrast to the poem “the other woodson,” the poem “reading” shows how the speaker —

1. feels pride in being different from her sister

2. wants to be a writer

3. behaves and thinks like her sister 

4. struggles in school

4.