THEME | ||
#1 | True or False: A theme can be written in one or two words. | What is FALSE? |
#2 | The theme of the Three Little Pigs. | What is Hard Work Pays Off? |
#3 | An author usually writes what the theme is at the beginning of the story. | What is FALSE? |
#4 | The theme of The Ugly Duckling. | What is Being Different is What Makes Us Special? |
#5 | The theme of Beauty and the Beast. | What is Don't Judge a Book By It's Cover? |
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE | ||
#1 | A commercial. | What is To Persuade? |
#2 | The Sunday comics is an example of this Author's Purpose. | What is To Entertain? |
#3 | A true story written about the life of Abraham Lincoln. | What is To Inform? |
#4 | An advertisement selling Nike shoes. | What is To Persuade? |
#5 | The novel, Lupita Manana. | What is To Entertain? |
Plot | ||
#1 | Explains how the conflict is resolved. | What is the Resolution? |
#2 | Introduces the characters, setting, and hints at the conflict. | What is the Exposition? |
#3 | Develops the conflict and builds suspense. | What is the Rising Action? |
#4 | The most exciting part of the story or the turning point. | What is the climax? |
#5 | Suspense eases and the conflict begins to come to a close. | What is the Falling Action? |
Literary Terms | ||
#1 | The problem in the story. | What is Conflict? |
#2 | A series of events in the story. | What is the Plot? |
#3 | The message about ______ or ____________ is the theme. | What is life or human behavior? |
#4 | The three reasons why an author writes a story. | What is To Persuade, To Inform, To Entertain? |
#5 | What the story is mainly about is called this. | What is the Topic or Main Idea? |
Literary Terms 2 | ||
#1 | When something is made up or can not be proved. | What is Fiction? |
#2 | Something that IS true or can be proved. | What is a Fact? |
#3 | When the narrator IS part of theaction, and the story uses me, I, or my. | What is First Person Point of View. |
#4 | She is AS thin as a snake is an example of this type of comparison. | What is Simile? |
#5 | I am a zombie without my coffee is an example of this type of comparison. | What is Metaphor? |
Final Question | |
Another word for how a story makes YOU feel. | What is Mood? |