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What is the role of conflict in a story?
it builds tension
What is dialogue?
characters' exact words, SPEAKING
Which is an example of internal dialogue?
a. "I need to go somewhere!" said Rita.
b. I need to go somewhere, I thought to myself.
b. I need to go somewhere, I thought to myself.
Which of the following examples shows external dialogue?
"These pretzels are making me thirsty," Rita said.
OR
She mentioned that she was thirsty.
"These pretzels are making me thirsty," Rita said.
What is imagery?
descriptive language
Descriptive language usually includes:
a. sensory language
b. rhyme
c. confusing details
a. sensory language
In general, each event in a story's plot _____ the next event.
A. causes
B. undoes
C. is not important
A. causes
What do story details about the squawk of seagulls and the tang of salt in the air tell you about the setting?
a. it is near the ocean
b. it is nighttime
c. it is in the past
a. it is near the ocean
Which of the following sentences is a metaphor?
a. The moon and stars are developed in foreboding clouds.
b. The sky was a sea of darkness.
c. She is like a ray of sunshine.
b. The sky was a sea of darkness.
What is the exposition in a story?
the beginning of the story
What is setting?
where the story takes place
How can you show that a person is crying without saying it in those words? Choose the best answer.
a. Her face was blotchy and her eyes had tears streaming from them.
b. When she talked about her sisters illness, she was sad.
c. I could tell she was not happy.
a. Her face was blotchy and her eyes had tears streaming from them.
What is the resolution in a story?
the end of the story
Why should you SHOW not tell the reader the characters emotions when writing a story?
A. to make your reader feel like they are inside of the story
B. to add to the tension in the story
C. to make your reader confused
A. to make your reader feel like they are inside of the story
Which sense does the following sentence appeal to: "My puppy's fur is soft as clouds, and his body is warm as a July evening."
a. sight
b. touch
c. taste
b. touch