All About Stories
What is the "theme of a story?"
A story's theme is the underlying, central message, lesson, or universal idea explored through its characters and plot.
A figure of speech that uses extreme, intentional exaggeration to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
The first step in the writing process.
Brainstorming.
The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?
Darkness
This text structure is "how are things in the text similar or different."
Compare/Contrast
What is a protagonist and antagonist?
A protagonist is the central, main character, often the hero or the person the audience empathizes with. An antagonist is the opposing force—a person, group, or obstacle—that actively conflicts with, challenges, or hinders the protagonist
A comparison between 2 unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.
What is a metaphor?
What is an argumentive essay?
a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and take a position on the topic in a concise manner.
Ex: Should school lunches be changed?
What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?
Piano
What is a text structure?
The way the information and/or events are organized
What comes after the climax in a story?
Falling and/or Resolution
What are the three main types of irony?
Verbal, Situational, Dramatic.
Writing that explains, defines, or informs.
What is an informatioanl essay?
What is orange and sounds like a parrot?
A carrot
This type of writing gives information step-by-step.
What story genre does this definition fit? The genre of speculative fiction that imagines advanced and futuristic world or technological progress.
Science Fiction.
What is alliteration?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Which word would best replace Besides, in the following sentence?
Besides, the story does not end there.
However.
A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows will he have?
Ten cows. We can call the pigs cows, but it doesn’t make them cows.
Identify: Mavis is seventeen years old. She is a female.
Description.
The part of the plot that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict is-
Exposition.
Using a broken pencil is pointless!
A pun.
What is a thesis statement?
a clear, concise, and arguable sentence (or two) that acts as the central claim and roadmap for an essay or research paper.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise
What is the hardest text structure to identify?
Cause/Effect