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Characterization
Grammar Rules
Text Features
Literary Devices
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Name the 3 brothers from The Outsiders and the physical trait they cared most about.
What Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry and hair
100
Use _____ to separate the elements in a series.
What is Comma Rules
100
Tells the reader the topic of the text. Helps the reader because it tells them what they're about to read about.
What is a title
100
Her eyes were as blue as the ocean.
What is Simile
100
This thing represented the Greasers
What is hair
200
This narrator is smart but doesn't use his head
Who is Ponyboy
200
Use this to introduce a list of items when introductory words such as "namely", "for example" and "that is" do not appear.
What is Colon Rules
200
Divide the text into sections. They're printed in large or bold type to help them stand out.
What are subtitles (or subheadings)
200
The sun smiled at me.
What is Personification
200
This is a word that means the same thing as another word
What is a synonym
300
This character is tough, cold, mean, and wild
What is Dally
300
A book title must always be have this.
What is Underlined (Punctuating Titles)
300
It explains what is in the picture or illustration.
What is a caption?
300
Today was a moldy doughnut.
What is Metaphor
300
This is a word that means the opposite of another word
What is an antonym
400
Who is nervous and shy, and at the beginning, least likely to kill someone?
Who is Johnny
400
Instead of using a period to separate two sentences.
What is Semicolon Rules
400
A drawing that shows or explains something. For instance, it might show you how the process of something works.
What is a diagram
400
In The Outsiders; gold represented youth and innocence. Also in The Outsiders; the blue mustang represented the Socs.
What is Symbolism
400
You use these to help you figure out the meaning of unknown words
What are context clues
500
This character is understanding and happy-go-lucky
What Sodapop
500
"The boy's hat" shows that it is his hat.
What is Apostrophe Rules
500
They organize a large amount of information in a small space. They present all kinds of data from numbers and amounts to calendars and menus.
What is a table
500
I gained 10 million pounds on Thanksgiving.
What is Hyperbole
500
You sometimes have to make these in order to figure out a story. It is when you make an assumption, or an educated guess.
What is an inference