Drama & Plot
What is a drama?
A story written to be performed by actors, using dialogue and stage directions.
What is characterization?
The way an author reveals a character’s personality and traits.
What is the setting of a story?
The time and place where the story occurs.
Identify the verb: “The students read quietly.”
Read.
What is the main idea of an informational text?
A fact, example, or explanation that helps develop the main idea.
What is dialogue?
The words characters speak to one another.
What is an inference?
For triple points:
Which sentence is more focused? A: “The storm flooded the road. I like pizza.” B: “The storm flooded the road, making travel dangerous.”
A logical conclusion based on text evidence and what you already know.
For triple points:
Sentence B, because it directly supports the topic.
What is historical fiction?
An invented story set in a real historical period, often including historical details.
What is a preposition?
A word that shows a relationship, often involving place, time, or direction.
What is a controlling idea?
The specific focus or central point that guides a piece of writing.
What is the climax of a story?
The turning point or moment of greatest tension.
A character returns a lost wallet even though nobody is watching. What trait does this suggest?
Honesty, Responsibility, Dignity
What is a documentary?
A nonfiction presentation that documents real people, events, or topics.
Identify the preposition: “The backpack is beneath the desk.”
Beneath.
Why might an author include a photograph, caption, or diagram in an informational article?
To clarify information, provide evidence, or help readers understand the topic.
What is a stage direction?
An instruction in a play that tells actors how to move, speak, or act.
How can a character’s dialogue reveal characterization?
What a character says can reveal their feelings, beliefs, personality, or relationships.
How might the setting of a story during the Great Depression affect a character?
It could influence the character’s choices because of poverty, unemployment, or other conditions of the time.
Correct the verb error: “Yesterday, Mia walk to school.”
Yesterday, Mia walked to school.
Identify the prepositional phrase: “The cat slept under the warm blanket.”
Under the warm blanket. The phrase begins with the preposition “under.”
How does a conflict help develop a plot?
It creates a problem or struggle that moves the story forward.
A character says, “I’m not scared,” but hides behind a friend when a dog barks. What can you infer?
The character may actually be frightened; their actions contradict their words.
A novel includes fictional characters living during the Texas Revolution. What genre is it most likely, and why?
Historical fiction, because the invented story takes place during a real historical period.
Identify the prepositional phrase: “The cat slept under the warm blanket.”
Under the warm blanket. The phrase begins with the preposition “under.”
What is the difference between revising and editing?
For Double Points:
What should an extended constructed response include?
Revising improves content and organization; editing corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and other conventions.
For Double Points:
A clear answer or claim, relevant text evidence, explanation or reasoning, and an organized conclusion when appropriate.