Prose | ||
#1 | These are the people or animals in the story. | What are characters? |
#2 | This is the author’s choice of a narrator in a story. | What is point of view? |
#3 | This is the main character in a story. | What is the protagonist? |
#4 | This is the rival of the main character. | What is the antagonist? |
#5 | This is the the end or conclusion of a story. | What is the resolution? |
Poetry | ||
#1 | This is a repetition of sound at the end of words. | What is rhyme? |
#2 | Similar to a paragraph in prose, this is a group of lines that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces. | What is a stanza? |
#3 | This is a change in the narrator’s voice, often used to indicate an insight into the subject. | What is a shift? |
#4 | This is a contradiction between what happens and what is expected. | What is irony? |
#5 | This is a word that imitates the sound that it describes. | What is onomatopoeia? |
Drama | ||
#1 | These are the people that perform in a play. | What are actors? |
#2 | This is a play that addresses a serious subject. | What is drama? |
#3 | This is an exchange of words between two or more characters. | What is dialogue? |
#4 | This is a large unit of action in a drama. | What is an act? |
#5 | This is a term used for the construction on stage that suggests the time and place of the action. | What is set or scenery? |
Examples | ||
#1 | This would include any moment from “Despicable Me” that shows Gru as a child. | What is flashback? |
#2 | I ran down the hall and yelled for help. | What is first person? |
#3 | Her backpack weighed a ton. | What is hyperbole? |
#4 | Her eyes shone like a star. | What is a simile? |
#5 | Be careful what you wish for. | What is theme? |
The Nineties | ||
#1 | Blossom, Buttercup, Bubbles were all members of this group. | Who are the Powerpuff Girls? |
#2 | Farmer Hogget wins a prize-winning pig by guessing a pig’s weight in this film. | What is Babe? |
#3 | In 1998 an estimated 76 million viewers tune in to watch the last episode of this comedy. | What is Seinfeld? |
#4 | After 27 years of imprisonment, the South African government released this Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1990. | Who is Nelson Mandela? |
#5 | President George Bush Sr. and Russian president Boris Yeltsin formally declared an end to this in 1992. | What is The Cold War? |
Final Question | |