SEXTON'S STAAR REVIEW

What is plot?

• a story

• sequence of events in a nonfiction text

• the sequence of events in a fiction text

• characters and setting of a story

Draw a plot chart

Which of the following is an example of dialect?

• "Ya'll ain't go no good sense!" hollered Frank.

• "You have no idea what you are doing!" yelled Raymond.

• The last little boy stood alone, waiting for his punishment.

• "How long until we eat lunch?" asked Vernon.

Match the types of conflict

• a killer shark is moving along the beach eating people

• man vs society

• Mr. White make a wish on the monkey's paw and his son dies as a result

• man vs nature

• The teacher in the story, The Stuffed Kitten on Christmas day

• man vs supernatural

• Mae Tuck hits the man in the yellow suit in the head with a shotgun

• man vs self

• A person waiting to be voted out on a reality TV show.

• Man vs man

When characters speak aloud in a story

• dialect

• dialogue

• chatting

• monologue

the author's attitude

• mood

• dialogue

• author's purpose

• tone

Label the parts of the plot chart

a

b

c

d

e

climax

rising action

falling action

resolution

exposition

Joe hates Lenny and tries to ruin his life by sabotaging him this is an example of ​ (a)  

• external comflict
• internal conflict
• man vs self

Kory is mean to her younger brother this is an example of ​ (a)   . The reason she is so cruel to him is that her father shows favoritism towards her brother. She does not know how to deal with her feelings of rejection this is an example ​ (b)   .

• man vs man
• man vs self
• man vs nature
• man vs society
• man vs supernatural
• man vs technology

Sara stared out the window watching the winds wishing she were free too. This contain and example of

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia