Narrative
What the story is about.
What is main idea?
The purpose of informative writing.
What is to inform/teach?
Explanatory writing focuses on doing this.
What is explaining a topic clearly?
A comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The main character and narrator of Monster.
Who is Steve Harmon?
The struggle or problem in a story.
What is conflict?
Facts, statistics, and examples used to support information.
What is evidence?
The sentence that tells what the piece will be about.
What is a thesis statement or central idea?
A comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Steve's defense attorney.
Steve's defense attorney.
The point in the story with the highest tension.
What is climax?
A source that can be trusted and verified.
What is a credible source?
The details that support the central idea.
What are supporting details/evidence?
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
The book refers "On the John" to what
What is the toilet?
The main character of the story.
What is a protagonist?
Information copied word-for-word from a source.
What is a direct quote?
Words like "for example," "because," and "therefore" help show this.
What are transitions?
Giving human qualities to animals or objects.
What is personification?
Steve's friend who is involved in the robbery.
Who is King?
Using human traits for non-human things.
What is personification?
Putting information into your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
The section that wraps up the explanation and reinforces the main idea.
What is the conclusion?
Poem with no rhyme
What is free verse?
Steve Harmon was accused of what
What is robbery and murder?