Point of View
Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here," said Texas Joe. Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason.
3rd person omniscient
Kirsten was once teased for being heavy, but then she lost a lot of weight. Now Kirsten is very skinny, but there is just one problem: she still sees an overweight girl when she looks in the mirror. Her friends and family try to convince her that she is a beautiful girl, but she doesn't believe them. Worse still, she is continuing to diet. Will Kirsten be able to align her body image with reality or will she destroy herself?
Protagonist: Kirsten
Antagonist: Kirsten
Conflict: Man vs. Self
Open secret
oxymoron
Talc is a softer substance than Quartz.
Explain.
Fact
plot, character, conflict, theme, setting, point of view, tone, mood
Fiction
"I could picture it. I have a habit of imagining the conversations between my friends. We went out to the Cafe Napolitain to have an aperitif and watch the evening crowd on the Boulevard."
1st Person
Greg is just a regular boy who tries his best in school and just so happens to have a magical unicorn. When he's not studying and playing baseball, Greg is riding his unicorn through the enchanted land of Harmonia. When Greg brings something to Harmonia that he shouldn't, a secret gate is unlocked and the muck-muck monsters are unleashed, causing terrible pollution in Harmonia. Can Greg and his unicorn stop the muck-muck monsters before they find a way to Greg's world?
Protagonist: Greg
Antagonist: Muck-muck monsters
Conflict: Man vs. Nature
Pink and Purple Popsicles
alliteration
Rock music lyrics are more poetic than rap music lyrics.
Explain.
Opinion
Double Points
Name 3 different sub genres of Fiction or Non-Fiction
Pete didn't feel like doing homework. He felt like playing baseball. He grabbed the mitt off the shelf and began to fantasize about being out in the field. His fantasy was interrupted shortly by the opening of his bedroom door. It was his mom. She started to yell, "Pete, you're not failing baseball class! You're failing math class! You need to study. Put the mitt away!" Pete put the mitt away but he didn't know the first thing about studying math.
3rd person limited
Everything was going just fine for Mae until yesterday. That was when she found out that her eyes were turning green. In Mae's world, people discriminate against those with green eyes. Green-eyed people cannot vote or hold public office and they are often forced to work the worst jobs for the least pay, if they can even find a job. Mae's parents want her to have surgery to change her eye color, but her grandma, who also has green eyes, encourages her to fight for her rights. Mae joins a resistance movement and becomes the poster child. How will this attention affect Mae's family, especially her parents who wanted her to hide who she was?
Protagonist: Mae
Antagonist: Mae's family
Conflict: Man vs. Society
The cup danced joyfully across the table.
personification
There are more calories in a latte from Starbucks than in a Snickers candy bar.
Fact
setting, props, stage directions, cast of characters, scenes/acts, dialogue
"You already told me that story," said Shanice. She looked genuinely disappointed. I laughed awkwardly. "Sorry," I said, "I didn't mean to bore you with a rerun." I tried to laugh it off but she just wouldn't let it go. "Don't you even consider your listener before you tell a story?" she inquired acerbically. This caught me off guard. I replied, "I'm just trying to keep you entertained, Shanice," I pleaded. She smacked me down with another sharp comment, "Yeah, well, you should try harder."
1st person
Jack Juniper is the best fighter pilot in the Air Force. He can take down an enemy jet while doing a barrel roll. One day while Jack is escorting some friendly pilots to a military base, something that Jack has never seen before attacks the convoy...aliens! Can Jack outmaneuver the highly skilled alien pilots or is this mission doomed to failure?
Protagonist: Jack
Antagonist: Aliens
Conflict: Man vs. Nature
The children were flowers grown in concrete gardens.
metaphor
It is much harder for someone who is sixteen to raise a child than it is for someone who is 50.
headings, photographs, maps, timelines, captions, labels, types of print, graphs and charts
Non- Fiction
The sun was rising. Ivan saw the light piercing through the drawn curtains in his bedroom and knew that he would have to get up soon. He hadn't been sleeping for the last hour. He had been thinking about the future. He nudged his wife Nadia. Nadia came to slowly. She smiled, still thinking about the pleasant dream that she had been having, until she looked at Ivan's face. She could tell that something was wrong.
3rd person omniscient
Ronny has won second place in the science fair for the last two years, and Newton Robinson has taken first. Ronny hated how Newton gloated and held those victories high over Ronny's head. This year, Ronny will stop at nothing to beat Newton. He has even enlisted the help of a Nobel Prize nominated scientist who was banished from the scientific community for his rouge experiments. Can Ronny and his mad scientist partner win against the undefeated Newton at this year's science fair?
Protagonist: Ronny
Antagonist: Newton
Conflict: Man vs. Man
I died of embarrassment.
hyperbole
On average, college graduates earn more money in their lifetimes than high school graduates.
Fact
word position, line breaks, stanza, figurative language, rhyme scheme, repetition
Poetry