The idea that controls or focuses the rest of what the author decides to include in the text (you can also think of this as the thesis).
What is Main Idea?
process used to determine the correct answer by crossing out those that are incorrect.
What is process of elimination?
An opinion about the text.
a. Summary
b. Critique
c. Point-of-View
d. Analysis
What is Critique?
Speech in a play
What is Dialogue?
A figurative / non-literal comparison that uses like or as
What is a Simile
The narrator is a character in the story, and we can trust them (uses words like I,me, my,we)
What is 1st Person reliable
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is Inference?
A brief description of the main idea and details in a text.
What is Summary?
which of the following is not a transition word?
a. Therefore
b. Futhermore
c. And
d. However
What is AND?
Using an object or word to represent an abstract idea.
What is Symbolism?
Narrator of the the story (uses "I") but we can not trust them. They come off as crazy or seem that way.
What is 1st person unreliable
This evidence shows a process that just makes sense.
What is Logical?
An essay written to encourage readers to see a certain point of view.
What is Persuasive Essay?
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
POINT OF VIEW
What is first person.
The perspective from which a story is being told or observed.
What is point of view?
The narrator is not a character in the story, they are just describing what is happening to others. They do not know the thoughts and feelings of all characters
What is 3rd person Limited?
This evidence uses studies,stats, and numbers DAILY DOUBLE
What is Empirical evidence?
___________ vs. _____________ One is based on opinion and the other is based on facts
a. Substantiated vs Unsubstantiated
b. Ethos vs Logos
c. character vs nature
d. empirical vs logical
What is Substantiated vs Unsubstantiated ?
Pattern or model of something or someone DAILY DOUBLE
a. archetype
b. motif
c. genre
d. Assonance
Who is Mr. Elie Wiesel.
The problem in the story
What is conflict?
This narrator can jump into the head multiple characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is 3rd person omniscient
This evidence uses stories to prove its point. They can be about the author or someone else.
What is Anecdotal evidence?
A speech given by one character to other characters in a drama.
What is a monologue?
recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.
a. archetype
b. motif
c. genre
d. Assonance
What is Motif?
which word is closest in meaning to evaluate?
a. Synthesis
b. Assess
c. Analyze
d. Create
What is Assess?