Descriptive writing
the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say;
sarcasm
True or false: narrative writing is always in the first person.
What is false?
What is a hook or opening sentence?
What is Theme
What is the moral or the lesson of the story?
when characters are having a conversation in a story
What is dialogue?
A word that sounds like the noise or action it is describing.
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
True or false: narrative writing is told in chronological order.
What is true?
What is Main Idea
What is the central idea of a text?
a character in a story that stays the same
What is static character?
"Billy Bob bought a bright blue BMW." is an example of what type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
The ending of a story.
What is resolution?
when the author explicitly tells the reader a character’s personality.
direct characterization
Comparing something using the words like or as
What is a Simile?
The struggle between two forces in the story.
What is conflict?
Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across.
What is figurative language or figures of speech?
Part of a story that introduces the setting and characters.
What is exposition or opening?
A writer’s tool, that occurs any time the author uses details to teach us about a person in a story.
What is characterization?
shows readers your characters’ traits without explicitly describing them.
indirect characterization
when an event in a story turns out to be the exact opposite of what the reader expected
What is situational irony?
Figure of speech used to show/express extreme exaggeration.
Part of a story that features a turning point for the protagonist/narrator.
An object, person, situation, event, or action with a deeper meaning in the overall context of literary work that goes beyond surface understanding.
What is a symbol?
What POV is it when you write using words like: he, she, they, them?
What is 3rd person?
An attempt to relay a character's thoughts and make the reader experience those thoughts in the same way that the character is thinking them.
What is stream of consciousness?