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Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Characters
Story Elements
Potpourri
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What is an illusion usually in a desert caused by the suns reflection on the sand?
What is a mirage.
100
________ is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story.
What is plot.
100
I was given a guacamole colored jacket instead of a leather biker jacket. It ruined my 5th and 6th grade experience.
Who is Gary Soto.
100
The ________ are the individuals that the story is about.
Who are characters.
100
The ________ tells the reader what to expect from the paper and is the last sentence of the first paragraph.
What is the conclusion.
200
What is an outlined view?
What is profile.
200
________ is the central message of a piece of writing.
What is theme.
200
I am the protagonist in “The Most Dangerous Game”. I am a world famous big game hunter. I used to believe there were two types of people, “the hunter and the hunted.”
Who is Rainsford.
200
The _______ is the location of the story.
What is the setting.
200
Find the metaphor or simile in these lines: She said I don't spend time like I really should She said she don't know me, anymore I think she hates me deep down I know she does She wants to erase me
What is a metaphor "She wants to erase me"
300
What word has the definition "dangers"?
What is perils.
300
__________ compares two unlike things using the words “like” and “as.”
What is simile.
300
I am a wealthy aristocrat. At first glance I am kind and compassionate. Underneath it all “I am a savage”. I enjoy hunting “more dangerous game.”
Who is General Zaroff
300
The _____ is when the action of a story starts to build.
What is the rising action.
300
Find the metaphor OR simile in these lines: Say it ain't so Your love is a life-taker.
What is a simile. "Your love is a life-taker."
400
What means paralyzed; unable to move or control certain muscles?
What is palsied.
400
______________ gives a non-human thing (inanimate) human characteristics.
What is personification.
400
I am a hunter. I am more compassionate than my companion. Some call me a philosopher. I believe that animals feel fear, just like men.
Who is Whitney.
400
The _______ is when the story’s action becomes most exciting.
What is the climax.
400
A _________ tells the reader what to expect from the paper and is usually the last sentence of the first paragraph.
What is a thesis statement.
500
What means to understand, comprehend or see clearly?
What is discerned.
500
_________ compares two unlike things without using the words “like” or “as.”
What is metaphor.
500
I spend most of my time over the stove cooking for my children or cleaning up in front of the sink. I do not have much. I make sure to feed my children and clothe them, even though they may not like what I buy for them.
Who is Gary Soto's mother.
500
The ________ is the solution to the problem or the way the action is resolved.
What is the resolution.
500
Find the metaphor OR simile in these lines: I got love for the game but I'm not in love with all of it. Could do without the fame And the rappers nowadays are comedy. The hootin' and the hollerin', back and forth with the arguing. Where you from, who you know, what you make and what kind of car you in.
What is a metaphor. "And the rappers nowadays are comedy."