There are 5 parts to narrative plot. In order, name them. Go.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
100
Edgar Allan Poe attended which college?
What is the University of Virginia?
100
This is a group of sentences that discusses ONE main subject.
What is a paragraph?
100
In this style of writing, you tell a truthful story of a time that holds a special place in your heart. You can also write it in six words!
What is memoir?
100
This is what you assume, or the hidden meaning you get, from words or phrases.
What is an inference?
200
This plot part may contain a final moment of suspense.
What is the falling action?
200
Poe was born January 19th, 1809 in what city?
What is Boston, Mass.?
200
Whenever possible, you should include many of me in every paragraph to help your reader understand exactly what you are writing about. Don't leave any out!
What are details?
200
I am more of a standard text, giving specifics about a time, place, event or maybe even a person, but not a story! Just facts.
What is informative (or informational text)?
200
This is the word for language which appeals to the senses, often involves other forms of figurative language.
What is imagery?
300
This ties together "loose ends," and gives an outcome to the conflict… sometimes!
What is the resolution?
300
Poe wrote many poems and stories. Generally, he wrote about two specific topics though. What are they?
What is love and death?
300
I usually come in the beginning of the paragraph, and I am the most general sentence in it.
What is the topic sentence?
300
This style tells a story. It has a sequence of events.
Also, readers should see transitions to help them get from one part to the next.
What is narrative?
300
The literal or primary meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
400
This is where things are relatively calm. It is the way things are before the action happens.
What is the exposition?
400
Poe spent the last few months of his life, in 1849, in this city BEFORE dying in Baltimore, Maryland?
What is Richmond (,Virginia)?
400
Think of my friends and I as a hamburger. The top bun is the topic sentence. The bottom bun is the concluding sentence. But I am in the middle. Who am I?
What are the supporting sentences?
400
This is what you use to portray a conversation in a narrative.
"Right, Mrs. Winhold?" I asked.
She replied, "Yes, Ma'am."
What is dialogue?
400
Edgar Allan Poe was considered "the master" of this term, which means involving death or violence. Generally, it refers to the dark and grim style of writing.
What is macabre?
500
This is the turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
500
What year did Edgar Allan Poe enlist in the Army?
What is 1827?
500
I am a completely separate paragraph. I generally and very briefly discuss the main points the that were in first part of the writing, which tells the reader what my strongest points were.
What is the conclusion?
500
This is a form of writing that is true. It can be told in stories, biographies, and even historical. Be careful though, I'm not informative.