Plot Chart
What is the most exciting event in a story called?
The climax
What is theme?
A story's universal message that can be applied to real life.
"Is it true that you have a certain mixture that has - er - quite extraordinary effects?"
Which method of indirect characterization is this?
What is Speech
What is a dynamic character?
A character that changes significantly
What do we call the main idea of a nonfiction text?
A central idea
What do we call the ending of a story where we see how life will move forward for the characters?
What is foreshadowing?
My nursery school tot replaced by a long-trousered, swaggering character...
Which method of indirect characterization is this?
What is Looks
A character that does not change throughout a text.
A static character.
What do we call hints that we use to help define a new or unusual word?
Context clues
What are the two types of "actions" in a plot chart?
Rising and Falling
What is indirect characterization?
When the author SHOWS a character's personality using elements of the STEAL method.
Thursday, Charles had to stand in the corner because he kept pounding his feet on the floor. Friday, Charles was deprived of blackboard privileges because he threw chalk.
Which method of indirect characterization is this?
What is Actions
What is a round character?
A well-developed character with realistic emotions
A diary, an autobiography, a speech, or a letter are all examples of what kind of source?
Primary
What 3 things are introduced in the exposition of a story?
Characters, Setting, and Conflict
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word:
Even death did not mar its grace, for it lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers, and we stood around it, awed by its exotic beauty.
Mar means to spoil or disfigure.
At the meeting, I sat restlessly, scanning each comfortable matronly face, trying to determine which one hid the secret of Charles. I decided to myself that none of them looked to me haggard enough.
Which method of indirect characterization is this?
What is Thoughts
What is a flat character?
A one-dimensional (not developed) character
A student's research essay over a specific topic is an example of what kind of source?
Secondary
What is the French word that is sometimes used in place of "resolution?"
Denouement
Define "symbol" and give one example from a story we have read + its meaning.
A symbol is when an object represents a larger idea.
Example: Doodle's wagon represents the burden older brother feels having Doodle around all the time.
With the third week of kindergarten, Charles was an institution in our family; the baby was being a Charles when she cried all afternoon; Laurie did a Charles when he filled his wagon full of mud and pulled it through the kitchen...
Which method of indirect characterization is this?
What is Effects on Others
Give an example from our readings of a character that is both round and static.
Ex: Atticus from To Kill a Mockingbird
Nonfiction writing can be divided into 3 categories. List 2 of those 3.
Argumentative (persuasive), Informative (expository), and Narrative (storytelling)