Plot Structure
This is the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
This word means that something stands in the way of doing something.
What is impediment?
A sentence is made up of these two required components.
What are the subject and the predicate?
I want to __________ a yearbook before the price goes up.
What is buy b-u-y?
This is the point of view when the narrator is in the story saying I, me, and my.
What is first person?
This introduces the setting, characters, and the opening situation of a story.
What is the exposition?
This word means to skillfully operate by hand.
What is manipulate?
A sentence that is missing the subject or the predicate.
What is a fragment?
My friends were sad because _______________ dog was missing.
What is their - t-h-e-i-r?
When beginning a paragraph, you use this type of sentence.
What is a topic sentence?
This is comprised of several events that lead up to the climax.
What is rising action?
This is something that authors write.
What is a manuscript?
A dependent clause joined with an independent clause using an subordinate conjunction.
What is a complex sentence?
The teacher asked, " ____________ paper is this? It doesn't have a name."
What is whose w-h-o-s-e?
This type of noun cannot be experienced with any of the five senses.
What is an abstract noun?
Man vs. Nature is a example of this plot element.
What is the conflict?
The act of looking into your own thoughts and feelings.
What is introspection?
These can be used to join simple sentences or groups of words.
What are the FANBOYS? or coordinating conjunctions?
Mr. Cobb is the new ______________ at our school.
What is principal p-r-i-n-c-i-p-a-l?
Used at the beginning of most paragraphs, this type of word helps move the plot along in a narrative.
What is a transition?
Events that follow the climax which are usually a logical result of the climax.
What is the falling action?
Public words issued by an official that explain a law or command.
What is edict?
Two independent clauses and one dependent clause are this type of sentence.
What is compound-complex?
The medicine had the wrong ______________ on me and made me really sleepy.
What is effect e-f-f-e-c-t?
What is paraphrasing?