Figurative Language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
When writing an expository essay, this should be the last sentence of your introduction and be directly tied to the writing prompt.
What is a thesis statement (or controlling idea)?
where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting
It is what the passage or paragraph is about.
What is the main idea?
a struggle between a person or an outside force
What is external conflict
a direct comparison of two different things
What is metaphor
This is the first sentence of each body paragraph in your essay; it should tell the reader what the paragraph is about.
What is topic sentence?
the most intense or exciting high point of a short story
What is climax
The reason why an author writes.
What is Author's Purpose?
a sign or warning of whats going to happen next
What is foreshadowing
This is the paragraph where writers wrap up their essay with a brief summary statement and closing remarks that reflect a truism and leave their reader thinking about the topic.
What is a conclusion?
the main events of a short story
What is plot
When you do not know the definition and you have to look around the word.
What is context clues?
visually descriptive or figurative language
What is imagery
A writing trait that reflects an essay with a clear controlling idea and logical, well-developed examples to support it.
What is organization?
the lesson or moral of a story
What is theme
The feeling the author wants the reader to get.
What is mood?
Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.
What is inference?
The most important and difficult part of the writing process according to published authors; this is how average writing becomes outstanding.
What is revision?
the perspective from which the story's told
What is point of view
The vocabulary an author uses to show how he or she feels about a topic.
What is tone?
a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________
What is analogy