Characterization
The type of characterization that allows a reader to make inferences about a character
Indirect Characterization
This is the series of related events in the story.
Plot
The vantage point from which a writer tells a story is called
Point of View
Which word is the subject in the following sentence:
Ms. Clifton gave the students gnomes to paint as decoration for the classroom Christmas tree.
Ms. Clifton
Place commas appropriately in the following sentence:
Tonight after dinner my sister and I went to the new movie a romantic comedy playing at the multiscreen cinema.
Tonight after dinner, my sister and I went to the new movie, a romantic comedy, playing at the multiscreen cinema.
This type of character is three-dimensional.
Round Character
This is another word for the basic situation in the story.
Exposition
This this type of point of view, the story teller is outside the action and knows all.
Omniscient point of view
Identify the verb in the following sentence and whether it is transitive or intransitive.
Katrina emptied the bucket into the sink.
emptied--transitive
Combine the following independent clauses by correctly placing a semicolon between them.
Destruction of the Everglades has directly affected the wildlife in fact, nearly 94 percent of the population of nesting wading birds has been reduced.
This type of character only has one or two key personality traits.
Flat character
This element is the one that decides the outcome of the conflict.
Climax
From which point of view is the following:
"My friends, all of you know of the. vast power that this new discovery holds. Each and every one of us may benefit or suffer. We stand beside science itself on a precipice before a vast unknown future."
First-person point of view
Identify the object of the preposition in the following sentence:
Katrina emptied the water into the bucket.
Bucket
Add the appropriate quotation marks to the following sentence.
Henry David Thoreau, the American naturalist and writer, said In wildness is the preservation of the world.
Henry David Thoreau, the American naturalist and writer, said "In wildness is hte preservation of the world."
This type of character changes during the story.
Dynamic Character
This part of the story reveals the outcome of the climax.
Resolution
This word refers to the distinctive use of language or word choice in a story.
Diction
What is the direct object in the following sentence:
Adam invited us to the Christmas party.
us
Place a semicolon between the independent clauses in the following sentence:
Drinking water, freshwater fisheries, and Everglades National Park were seriously endangered Florida's natural resources needed to be restored and protected.
Drinking water, freshwater fisheries, and Everglades National Park were seriously endangered; Florida's natural resources needed to be restored and protected.
This type of character does not change much during a story and is often the antagonist.
Static Character
These major events add suspense and lead up to the climax of the story.
Rising Action(s)
Which of the following sets of words best describes the VOICE in the following passage: "But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin."
ominous and eerie, informal and relaxed, lighthearted and humorous, or passionate and desperate
Passionate and desperate
What is the indirect object in the following sentence?
David gave Ms. Clifton his project.
Ms. Clifton
Correctly place a colon in the following sentence:
You should bring the following items a tent, a sleeping bag, and a pillow.
You should bring the following items: a tent, a sleeping bag, and a pillow.