Definitions
The way the author tells the story, usually using 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person voice is called _____ of view.
Point of View
What are the protagonist and antagonist?
Main character (good guy) and the villain (bad guy)
What is the climax?
The peak of the story
Which part of speech are people, places, things, and ideas?
nouns
Use this strategy when you are answering multiple choice questions.
QUEST
What it the poetic term for a comparison between two unlike objects?
metaphor
What is the narrator?
The person that talks about the story and the characters.
What is character conflict?
The conflict or problem between 2 characters in the story - usually the protagonist and antagonist
Give an example of a verb.
to be, run, sleeping, played, ate, etc.
When working on short answer questions, up to two paragraphs in length, use this paragraph construction.
RACES
If a metaphor uses "like" or "as" in its comparison, it is called a s________.
simile
What is a setting in a story?
the time, place, and specific locations or scenes where the story takes place
What is flashback?
When the narrator or character takes the reader back in time to show an important event
True or False: Conjunctions are connecting words.
true
Explain 4 of 5 RACES steps when writing a paragraph.
Restate the questions, Answer the question, Cite the best evidence, Explain the evidence, Summarize your points
What is imagery?
When the author uses various words to describe the setting to help the reader visualize what is happening in the event.
Fable have morals or ________ .
What are themes?
Name one type of fictional text and one type of nonfictional text.
Fiction: poems, fables, books, songs
Non-fiction: articles, interviews, poems, biographies
Another name for independent clause, aka a clause with a subject and verb/predicate, is _________ .
sentence
It may seem simple, but many test takers fail to do this before answering text-based questions.
Read the text
What is a symbol?
A physical object or something that has a completely different meaning when used - red means love
What is the term for the specific events that take place in a story?
plot
Name 5 of the FANBOYS.
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Turn this question into the "R" part of the RACES method for writing paragraphs: Who here is capable of focusing and avoiding frustration while testing?
"Everyone here is capable of focusing and avoiding frustration while testing."