About the Teacher
Who is my favorite music artist?
Taylor Swift
a text that tells a story with dialogue, characters, and detail to keep readers engagesd
Narrative
where and when an event takes place in a short story
What is setting
What is a Claim
The answer to a question
the struggle between a character and an outside force, other character or themselves.
Conflict
What is my favorite animal?
Giraffe
nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic.
Informational Text
The most intense or exciting high point of a story
What is Climax
The process of taking notes on a text as you read it.
Annotating
a sign or warning of whats going to happen next
What is foreshadowing
What was my name before MacIntyre?
Carmichael
a piece of text about real people, places, and events in history.
Historical Fiction
The very beginning of the story that introduces Characters, Setting and the Conflict
Exposition
A paragraph in poetry is called a(n) _____________
Stanza
A type of writing where you conduct research on a person and write an essay about their life.
Biography
What State did I grow up in?
New Jersey
an arrangement of words written or spoken: traditionally in a rhythmical pattern, sometimes rhymed, expressing something that the author is passionate about.
Poetry or Poem
The lesson or message a story teaches the reader.
Theme
How a text makes YOU feel when you are reading it is the ____________.
Mood
Using your prior knowledge as you read to figure out what is actually happening in a text.
Inference
Where did I go to College?
William Patterson University
uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of the plot
Fantasy Genre
the perspective from which the story's told
Point of View
a plot tool that interrupts the chronological sequence of a story in order to provide details of an earlier event.
Flashback
The main character in a story is called the ______________.
Protagonist