Literary: Plot and Conflict
The central message or universal lesson about life or humanity in a story?
What is the THEME?
The core belief or reason that drives a character's choices and actions.
What is DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
The sensory detail that appeals specifically to the sense of SMELL?
What is OLFACTORY IMAGERY?
Using a word with the SAME MEANING to figure out a word you don't know?
What is a SYNONYM CONTEXT CLUE?
The punctuation mark used to separate two closely related independent clauses?
What is a SEMICOLON? (;)
This part of the plot involves the events leading up to the climax?
What is the RISING ACTION?
When the narrator tells the reader directly that a character is funny or brave.
What is DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
The sensory detail that appeals specifically to the sense of TOUCH?
What is TACTILE IMAGERY?
Using a word with the OPPOSITE MEANING to figure out a word you don't know?
What is and ANTONYM CONTEXT CLUE?
The punctuation marks used to enclose non-essential or extra information in a sentence?
What are PARENTHESES? ()
This part of the plot details the events after the climax, leading to the resolution?
What is the FALLING ACTION?
When the narrator shows a character's personality through their speech, thoughts, and actions?
What is INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
The general term for language that appeals to the five senses? (slight, sound, smell, taste, touch)
What is IMAGERY?
This grammatical mood is used to give a direct order or instruction?
What is the IMPERATIVE MOOD?
An example of this mood is, "Please close the door quietly."?
What is IMPERATIVE MOOD?
The struggle that takes place within a character's own mind?
What is INTERNAL CONFLICT? (Character vs. Self)
The full term for the narrative technique of revealing a character's personality indirectly, through their speech and actions?
What is INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
This type of sensory detail would be used to describe the feeling of rough sandpaper or cold glass?
What is TACTILE IMAGERY?
This type of clue provides the unknown word's meaning right after the word, often in parentheses or set off by commas?
What is DEFINITION/RESTATEMENT CONTEXT CLUE?
The skill of correctly using semicolons and parentheses in writing?
What is APPLYING PUNCTUATION USAGE?
The skill of differentiating between a character struggling with their own thoughts and a struggle against an outside force?
What is DISTINGUISHING CONFLICT? (Internal/External)
The difference between telling the audience a character is brave, versus showing them climbing a burning ladder?
What is DIRECT vs. INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
This type of sensory detail would be used to describe the aroma of baking bread or the scent of a skunk?
What is OLFACTORY IMAGERY?
The skill of using synonyms, antonyms, definition/restatement, or example clues to figure out an unknown word?
What is USING CONTEXT CLUES?
This skill is about identifying sentences that contain commands or instructions?
What is IDENTIFYING THE IMPERATIVE MOOD?