Elements
Writing Process
Map Structure
Figurative Language
Fictional Terms
100

Name the POINT of VIEW:

The wind was strong enough to blow leaves off the trees. A boy was walking down a blacktop path lined with oaks. The red and brown leaves fell through the air with each gust. The boy dribbled a ball down the path. "Behind you!" shouted a man on a bike. The boy dribbled the ball off the path and avoided the biker. "Sorry," shouted the biker as he sped away. The boy sighed and continued walking down the path, dribbling the ball.

What is third person

100

The very first step in the writing process in which brainstorming, graphic organization, research, and planning take place.

What is prewriting

100
The moment of highest drama and tension in a narrative, in which the main conflict is confronted fully.
What is the climax
100

After eating candy, Billy ran around like a chicken with his head cut off.

What is simile

100
The term we use to describe the main character or principle actor in a narrative, the person with whom the reader most closely relates.
What is the protagonist
200

Transitions such as: First, Immediately, Next, By Now, Then, Meanwhile, Finally, and Ultimately show ...

What is the sequence of events

200

This is the second step in the writing process in which the first or rough draft is created.

What is writing or drafting

200
The first part of a story arc where the setting is established and characters are introduced.
What is the exposition
200

The crook was as sly as fox.

What is a simile

200

The life lesson in the story.

What is theme

300
The central struggle or tension within a narrative that shapes the plot and drives the action forward.
What is conflict
300

This is the third step in the writing process in which the writer rereads what he or she has written in the rough draft, gets feedback from others, and makes changes to ideas, organization, voice, word choice, and sentence fluency.

What is revising

300
The point in the story arc where the main conflict is introduced and the tension begins to build.
What is the rising action
300

The quarterback was running out of steam.

What is a metaphor

300

The emotional voice that an author brings to a narrative.

What is the tone

400

Name the POINT of VIEW:

The sun may have been 90 million miles away, but it felt like it was right on top of me, weighing me down. There wasn't a lick of shade anywhere. Not so much as a flower to hide behind. The plains were barren and sweltering. A dust cloud whipped by me. I pulled my shirt over my mouth and nose, stretching out the neck hole. The shirt was baggier than I remembered it, or I was losing weight. Come to think of it, I felt a little lankier than usual.

What is first person

400

This is the fourth step in the writing process in which the writer checks and corrects all errors in conventions, including spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.

What is proofreading or editing

400
The point in the story arc where the characters have faced the main conflict and events begin falling into place.
What is the falling action
400

My computer hates me.

What is personification

400

The emotions that a narrative makes a reader feel.

What is the mood

500

Spoken exchange between characters, usually in quotes.

What is dialogue

500

This is the fifth and final step in the writing process in which the written work is prepared in its final form and presented to the teacher and/or class for evaluation.

What is publishing

500
The final step in the story arc in which all loose ends of the narrative are tied up and the story concludes.
What is the resolution or denouement
500

Which of the following are inanimate objects that can be personified? 

A. a star B. the dog C. Suzy D. Basketball team

What is (A) a star

500
A person, object, action, place, or event in a narrative that in addition to its literal meanings suggests a more complex meaning.
What is a symbol
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