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What is the definition of conflict?
The problem the character(s) must overcome throughout the story.
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Does the Resolution occur in the beginning, middle, or end of a story?
End
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Direct or Indirect Characterization: Harry is a nice and caring person.
Direct Characterization
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things without using like or as.
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What is the subject of the following sentence: Carla’s endurance had improved because she was able to ride her bike for hours without tiring.
Carla
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Where is the conflict introduced on the plot diagram?
Between the Exposition and Rising Action
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Where in a story do you find the setting being described?
Exposition
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Direct or Indirect Characterization: Alicia slammed her fist on the table, “I want all of you out of my office now!” She tore the report and threw it in the trash.
Indirect Characterization
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What figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: Emma’s phone slipped out of her pocket and landed on the ground with a thud.
Onomatopoeia
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What is the direct object in the following sentence: Samantha made Sawyer’s birthday cake.
birthday cake
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Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?
a. A character struggles to survive in the wild. b. A character has a disagreement with his mom. c. A character tries to fight her own self confidence issues.
c. A character tries to fight her own self confidence issues.
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At what point in the story does the most intense, emotional part of the story take place?
Climax
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What can we infer about this character: Bill watched his little brother for two hours while his mother was ill, taking care of his every need. He did this without being asked and asked for nothing in return.
Bill is a helpful character.
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What figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: Nick’s jokes were like a flat soda to his classmates, very unpleasant.
Simile
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What is the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: The tiny shop was behind the mall.
behind the mall
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Which of the following is an example of character vs. character?
a. A character is caught in a storm. b. A character fights a bully at school. c. A character struggles with depression.
b. A character fights a bully at school.
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Is this the exposition, climax, or resolution: I approached the starting line, fighting the nervous lump creeping up in my throat. Runners began to take their mark beside me. After what seemed like forever, the officiant came to the starting line and fired the starting gun. And just like that, the race was on!
Exposition
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What can we infer about both Gary and Beatrice: “The next thing I know, Gary was tearing up my rose garden,” cried Beatrice, his elderly grandmother as she gave her statement to the police. Her frail hands shook as she held the broken pieces of the garden rake.
Gary is a criminal and Beatrice is distraught.
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What figurative language device is being used in the following sentence: My alarm clock yells at me every morning.
Personification
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Is this a simple or compound sentence: She thinks the house is valuable, but the house is in fact worthless.
compound sentence
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