VOCABULARY
What part of speech is PRETTY?
ADJECTIVE
What is where a story takes place?
SETTING
A direct comparison with an object.
What is the main idea of a sentence?
an expression of greeting in a letter
salutation
the opposite of a word
anonym
What does TONE mean?
the author's attitude in a story
A word used to describe an extreme exaggeration.
HYPERBOLE
A word that modifies a noun
ADJECTIVE
This type of essay requires well-researched, accurate, detailed, and current information to support the thesis statement and consider other points of view.
Argument Essay
the expression of truths or generalizations about human existence by means of symbolic fictional figures and their actions
Allegory
A ___ is a story is just a general pattern of things that happen repeatedly,
THEME
IDENTIFY THE LITERARY TECHNIQUE:
The moon winked at me as it twinkled in the sky.
PERSONIFICATION
a word that modifies (describes) a verb (“he sings loudly”)
ADVERB
True or False: In the refutation, you want to show the reader why your position is more correct than the opposing idea.
True
This word is when author's give human characteristics to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
What is the end of a story called on the plot diagram?
RESOLUTION
What word is a comparison that uses like or as?
SIMILE
List at least one FIRST PERSON PRONOUN
I, ME, OR MY
In your essay writing, this statement is used when doing what?
This is relevant to the claim because...
Explaining the connection between your claim/thesis statement and your evidence as it relates to the prompt.
What is an onomatopoeia?
How many parts are on the plot diagram and what are they?
5 (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution).
Identify the literary technique:
I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.
HYPERBOLE
A story that has made up characters and events.
FICTION
What are the first five parts of a correspondence, in order?
Date:
Contact info of the person you're writing to:
Greeting/Salutation:
Introduction/why I'm writing:
Specific details/more info:
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language
give an example
Synonym
Examples: love/affection
intelligent/brilliant
The point in the narrative where the tension, excitement, or stakes reach the highest level.
Climax
This refers to the character, credibility, and moral values a group or individual possesses.
ethos
Farewell to Manzanar
Non-Fiction
This essay educates your reader on a topic. They can have one of several functions: to define a term, compare and contrast something, analyze data...
Information Essay
Example: Cook book