Characters
What is a main character?
the central character of the story, the one that the reader follows through the story or account.
What is a Simile?
A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things.
Why is it important to use textual evidence?
Citing textual evidence is important because it requires the reader to support their ideas, questions, and claims with factual evidence.
What are the 3 parts of a Main Idea?
1. Main Idea
2. Supporting Idea
3. Summary
Where does Ms.Rich go to college?
University of Georgia (GO DAWGS)
What is a Supporting Character?
A supporting character is a character in a narrative that is not the focus of the primary storyline, but is important to the plot/protagonist.
What is a Personification?
Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.
T/F: not all quotes need an introduction sentence.
What is a Main Idea
An idea or message that the author is trying to convey about a topic
Where does Mr.Gherman go to College?
Ursinus College (GO BEARS)
What is a character relationship?
A relationship between two characters in a movie, TV show, story, and/ or book.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Onomatopoeia is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
What should you do whenever citing from something?
What is a Supporting Idea
Are details that support, describe or explain the main idea.
What is Ms.Rich's Major in college?
Math education
What is a dynamic character?
A dynamic character is one who learns a lesson or changes as a person (either for better or for worse).
what is a Hyperbole?
Hyperbole is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
What do you always need when citing textual evidence?
Quotations and page numbers
What is a summary?
A brief passage, which retains the essential information from the text.
What is Mr.Gherman's Major in college?
English & History
What is a static character?
A character that does not undergo important change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end.
What is a Metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.
What are the 3 parts of citing textual evidence?
1. Claim
2. Textual Evidence
3. Reasoning
Why is the main idea important to the reader?
Who did a 10 day backpacking trip
Ms.Rich