Parts
In terms of a story
Blueprints

Shapes and Blocks
ID Lit Message
100
A word that joins or connects other words.
What is a conjunction?
100
The main idea or message of a work.
What is a theme?
100
Must always be placed on the base-line when diagramming.
What are nouns and verbs?
100
Shaped like a rectangular block, this paragraph gives details and support for your paper
What is a body paragraph?
100
Harry learns that Professor Snape is after the Sorcerer’s Stone. The Professor lets loose a troll, who nearly kills Harry and his friends. In addition, Harry finds out that Hagrid let out the secret of the giant dog to a stranger in return for a dragon which means that Snape can now reach the Sorcerer’s Stone.
What is an example of plot?
200
Tells an action or expresses state of being.
What is a verb?
200
Using one thing to represent something else .
What is symbolism?
200
This diagram looks like a pitchfork pointing to the left.
What is a compound noun or subject?
200
Shaped like an inverted pyramid, this paragraph introduces the subject, starts off generally and narrows down.
What is an introduction or introductory paragraph?
200
In the first installment of the Harry Potter series, a large part of the book takes place at the protagonist, Harry’s, aunt’s and uncle’s place, living in the “muggle” (non-magical) world with the “muggle” folks, and Harry is unaware of his magical capabilities and blood.
What is an example of setting?
300
Used to describe or modify a verb, adjective, or adverb.
What is an adverb?
300
The main problem in a story
What is conflict?
300
This diagram looks like a pitchfork pointing to the right.
What is a compound verb or predicate?
300
Shaped like a pyramid this is the last paragraph in your paper, it restates the thesis in a different way, and provides closure.
What is the conclusion or concluding paragraph?
300
Ann could feel her heart pounding as she entered her new school for the first time. She was not expecting such a large campus. Her old school was very small in comparison. She felt a little out of place as she looked around and saw how the other girls were dressed. They seemed so mature in their skirts and heels.
What is an example of characterization?
400
Shows location in space or time, must be a part of a phrase.
What is a preposition?
400
Describes who the people are and what they are like
What is Characterization?
400
This diagram resembles a dragonfly.
What is the diagram for a compound noun with a compound verb?
400
You will often see this at the point of both pyramids.
What is the thesis?
400
“I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldn’t make yourself over between dawn and dusk.”
What is an example of theme?
500
All of the actions or states of being as a group within the sentence.
What is a verb phrase?
500
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
500
Describes the process of deconstructing sentences by how the words function.
What is diagramming sentences?
500
The top of the block, the message of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
500
True! Nervous -- very, very nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed them. Above all was the sense of hearing. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in the underworld. How, then, am I mad? Observe how healthily -- how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
What is an example of tone?
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