Need to Know
The main point of the story or what the story is about.
What is main idea?
A clause or phrase that can not stand alone, but is left as a sentence.
What is a fragment?
The highest energy point of a story.
What is the climax?
a few words beginning with the same sound in close proximity of a text.
What is alliteration?
"When I wake up in the morning."
What is a fragment?
A word for word copy of a part of a text.
What is a quote?
Two sentences combined without punctuation in between.
What is a run-on sentence?
Who is Freytag?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
"The dog is adorable the cat sits far away from it on the couch."
What is a run-on sentence?
This can be found in an introduction paragraph and should be the main idea of an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
A phrase that adds information to a noun to re-name or further describe it.
What is an appositive phrase?
The lesson the author is trying to teach the reader through a specific text.
What is theme?
when a writer uses the sense of sound to describe something to the reader.
"The cloud followed her around like a friend she didn't invite."
What is personification and a simile?
The three types of textual evidence you can use to support your argument or ideas.
What is a quote, paraphrase, or summary?
Two sentences combined with a comma that should have been written as two separate sentences.
What is a comma splice?
Character vs. self, Character vs. character, Character vs. society
What is conflict?
a symbol that is repeated throughout a text for emphasis to show the main idea or theme of that particular text.
What is a motif?
"My feet hit the ground hard, like bricks, one after another as I felt beads of sweat fall off my body and onto the pavement."
What is a simile and tactile imagery?
A claim that goes against the argument.
What is a counterclaim?
A verb that is acting as an adjective to describe the subject of the sentence.
What is a participle?
The part of a story where setting and main characters are introduced to the reader.
What is exposition?
two contrasting or contradicting ideas placed next to each other create a phrase.
What is oxymoron?
"I stood at the edge of the cold ocean, the waves crashing over and over. The teal blue color of it washing on my legs, splashing up to my face until I tasted the salt on my lips."
What is visual, tactile, auditory, and gustatory imagery?