What are a subject and a verb?
What is to rename or describe a noun?
This type of figurative language uses like or as.
What is a simile?
"In West Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground is where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool"
belongs on this part of the plot diagram.
What is the exposition?
What is Characterization?
Name this sentence structure:
I went to the convention, and I danced all night long!
What is a Compound Sentence?
Identify the appositive:
Backstreet, the boyband, is back alright!
What is "the boyband?"
These poetic devices play with the literal sound of words.
What are Sound Devices?
"When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started makin' trouble in my neighborhood"
would be a great example of a:
What is the conflict?
This is the literal story, how we describe what happens.
What is plot?
You can use this to join two independent clauses without needing a FANBOY
What is a semicolon?
This type of appositive provides necessary information to identify the noun it refers to.
What is an essential appositive?
"Nature's first green is gold." is an example of this figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
"I got in one little fight, and my mom got scared" belongs here on the plot diagram.
What is rising action?
This is the universal message of the story.
What is theme?
What is missing?
Let's eat Grandma!
Nonessential appositives must be set off by what punctuation?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers isn't just a tongue twister, it's:
What is alliteration?
"I begged and pleaded with her day after day
But she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way
She gave me a kiss, and then she gave me my ticket
I put my Walkman on and said, "I might as well kick it" You already know, this is the:
What is climax?
A theme statement must be _________, meaning it does not reference the characters or plot of the story.
What is universal?
A compound-complex sentence is formed from these three clauses.
What are two independent clauses and one dependent?
Identify the appositive:
The vampire hunter Van Helsing slew Count Dracula.
Who is Van Helsing?
The wind whispered the answer to this prompt through the trees.
What is personification?
Finally: "I pulled up to a house about seven or eight
And I yelled to the cabbie "Yo, Holmes, smell ya later"
I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there
To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel-Air" would be the:
What is resolution?
This is the time and place a story is set.
What is setting?