Unit 1–Taking Action Review

Question 1

Old traditional stories that try to answer basic questions about the origins of the world is what?

Accepted Answer

myth

Question 2

A logical guess based on story details and your own background knowledge is what?

Accepted Answer

inference

Question 3

What are the elements of a plot?

Accepted Answer

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution

Question 4

The point the author wants you to remember most

Accepted Answer

central idea

Question 5

What is a rhyme scheme?

Accepted Answer

rhyming end words in a poem

Question 6

Stories that recount a series of events

Accepted Answer

plot

Question 7

A feeling invoked by hearing a word

Accepted Answer

connotation

Question 8

A poems main unit is called a what?

Accepted Answer

a line

Question 9

Qualities of appearance and personality that make a character real

Accepted Answer

character traits

Question 10

Chronological order is what?

Accepted Answer

the order of events by date

Question 11

The highest point of a story is?

Accepted Answer

climax

Question 12

The reason an author writes a story

Accepted Answer

authors purpose

Question 13

Organizational pattern of a poem

Accepted Answer

stanza

Question 14

The feeling or atmosphere the author creates for readers is what?

Accepted Answer

mood

Question 15

When a writer provides hints that suggest future events is what?

Accepted Answer

foreshadowing

Question 16

Theme is what?

Accepted Answer

the moral of a story

Question 17

What makes a text easier to read and understand

Accepted Answer

organizational patterns

Question 18

Types of Conflict

Accepted Answer

Internal and External

Question 19

What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Accepted Answer

alliteration

Question 20

Comparing two unlike things using like or as

Accepted Answer

simile

Questions 20