Narrative Writing
The background information about settings and character in the beginning of a story.
What is exposition.
The main point of an essay.
What is a thesis?
The writer's position on an issue or topic.
What is a claim?
Problems characters face.
What is conflict?
Giving human qualities to an animal, object or idea.
What is personification?
A narrative technique where someone recalls a moment in the past.
What is a flashback?
A brief statement or account of the main points of something.
What is a summary?
A persuasive appeal to feelings.
What is pathos?
This analogy: water : wet as circles : __________
What are round?
What is a metaphor?
A narrative technique that shows the words a character says.
What is dialogue?
The facts and details of someone's entire life story.
What is a biography?
An opposing point of view to the stated opinion.
What is a counterclaim?
A persuasive appeal to someone's sense of trust in authority.
What is ethos?
This is the actual sound a word makes, such as woof!
The turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
Give an account of the similarities between two (or more) items
What is to compare?
This might start phrased as "However, this is incorrect because..."
What is a rebuttal?
An educated guess.
What is inference?
Examples include going a wild goose chase, or getting a taste of your own medicine.
What are idioms?
The telling of an important part of someone's life.
What is a memoir?
To look at something carefully by attention to its parts
What is analyze?
Proof that an opinion is correct.
What is evidence?
The author of the book we are reading.
Who is Lois Lowry?
Referring to another well-known work of art or literature.
What is allusion?