The Plot Thickens
The line we draw to label the five elements.
What is plot diagram?
Two characters having a spoken interaction.
What is dialogue?
"She is as friendly as Casper."
What is simile?
When two lines are paired and end in the same sound.
What is rhyme?
The item you need to exit the classroom into the hallways.
What is agenda?
The first plot element, which is where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
What is exposition?
Details such as sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, etc.
What are sensory details?
"I will need to sleep an eternity to recover from last night's concert."
What is hyperbole?
Often used in poetry, some examples of this are simile, metaphor, and idiom.
What is figurative language?
The reward that all administration or teachers can give students for positive behavior.
What is Tiger Ticket?
The second plot element, which is where the complications happen, or where there is conflict development.
What is rising action?
The website we use to submit our essays.
What is Writable?
My sister let out a silent scream when she opened her birthday gift.
What is oxymoron?
A word or line that is repeated throughout a poem to create a certain effect.
What is repetition?
We the students of Santa Ana Unified School District pledge to be dedicated to ______________.
What is scholarship?
The third plot element, which is where the conflict begins to get resolved. Usually, the part in the plot with the most tension.
What is climax?
Run-on sentences should be avoided in your writing. These sentences are missing punctuation and ____________________. (linking or connecting words)
What are conjunctions?
"We wished for a trip to Walt Disney World."
What is alliteration?
Also known as "beat" or "pace", the syllables and sounds of words in a poem create this.
What is rhythm?
On this day, students are encouraged to wear college wear.
What is Wednesday?
The fourth plot element, which is when the tension in the plot begins to deflate.
What is falling action?
DWA stands for __________ __________ __________.
What is District Writing Assessment?
"The old truck exhaled an exhausted sigh after making it up the hill."
What is personification?
This Japanese poem is made of 3 lines with 5 syllables, 7 syllables, then another 5 syllables.
What is haiku?
Room 41 is next to the cafeteria. It is known as our _____________ _________.
What is wellness center?