Reviewing fiction (quarter 2)

Reviewing fiction (quarter 2)

Theme

Theme is the lesson or moral that a story (or poem or song or video or...) teaches.

Remember...

the theme is NOT the main idea.

Multiple Choice

True or false: The theme of a story can sometimes be stated in one word.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be a good theme for "Lifted"?

• Friendship

• Learning new things takes practice.

• Everything is easy the first time you do it.

Poetry

• has lines and stanzas

• lots of descriptive language

• can rhyme (but doesn't have to)

A Teaching Fantasy

How many lines?

How many stanzas?

Is there descriptive language?

Does it rhyme?

Multiple Choice

How many lines are in this poem?

• 4

• 12

• 16

• 20

Multiple Choice

How many stanzas are in this poem?

• 16

• 2

• 5

• 4

Figurative Language

Literal language means exactly what it says.

Nonliteral language does not!

Types of figurative language

• Idioms

• Similes

• Metaphors

• Personification

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is a simile?

• Paul was so fast!

• Paul was as fast as a cheetah!

• Paul was a cheetah during the race.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is a metaphor?

• Paul was so fast!

• Paul was as fast as a cheetah!

• Paul was a cheetah during the race.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a personification?

• The ocean waves kissed my toes.

• My brother is a slob.

• The snowflakes danced to the ground.

• The stairs groaned as she walked up.

Multiple Choice

What does Sarah mean when she says she is going to hit the hay?

• She is going to go to bed.

• She is going to punch a bale of hay.

Point of View

First person point of view means someone inside the story is telling it.

Third person point of view means someone outside of the story is telling it.

Multiple Choice

Paul and his brother ran outside to play in the rain. They saw a huge puddle in their yard and leaped into it- slinging water everywhere!

• First person POV

• Third person POV

Multiple Choice

I am so mad! I studied all night for my quiz, and then when I got to school, my teacher was absent. So the quiz was cancelled! Now I have to spend another night studying.

• First person POV

• Third person POV

Multiple Choice

Maria could not believe it. Tonight was the the night she was going to get to perform a solo in her school's band concert! "I can do this, I know I can!" she thought to herself. When she went out on the stage, she performed a beautiful solo and received a standing ovation.

• First person POV

• Third person POV