Figurative Language
The wind hummed a sad song.
personification
i didn't win the race.
"I"
Where and when the story takes place.
Setting
TDA stands for _______.
Text-Dependent Analysis
What does ELA stand for?
English Language Arts
The big brown bear barreled by the boy.
She haven't made it there yet.
"hasn't"
The person or animal the story is centered around.
Characters
The first paragraph of your TDA essay should include what?
Answers vary: The thesis statement, answer to the prompt, reasons that you will develop.
What does it mean to analyze?
Look at the text very closely.
I've been standing in this line for a million years.
hyperbole
I ran over their.
there
The problem the characters are working to solve.
Conflict
What should be included in each of your body paragraphs (yellow and red)
Key Ideas and Evidence/Explain
Fiction means __________.
The story is made up and not true/real.
The man was a raging bear.
metaphor
I picked up red blue and green streamers for the party.
"red, blue, and green"
The author's feeling towards a subject
The tone
What are the three colors in Step up to Writing? What does each color stand for?
Green: Topic Sentence
Yellow: Key Ideas
Red: Evidence/Explain
Which word is correct in the sentence
______ going on vacation next week.
they're/their/there.
they're
Her puffy white jacket makes her look like a human marshmallow.
Simile
She has already reads that book.
"read"
The central message or lesson of a story
theme
At least 2, but 3 is better.
What are the three main reasons that an author writes a story? (PIE)
Persuade
Inform
Entertain