SENTENCE TYPES
Kit was born in Barbados but she moved to Connecticut.
The tone and setting are established and the characters are introduced with the necessary facts and background information
What is exposition?
A reference to an historical person, place, or event.
What is allusion?
Comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
Kit's uncle who was a Puritan didn't approve of Kit's fancy dresses.
What is a fully embedded sentence?
Because her grandfather had so much debt Kit had to sell all of his belongings.
What is a complex sentence?
The complication of the plot; the characters are drawn into increasing conflict.
What is rising action?
The attitude the author takes towards his characters.
What is tone?
Comparison using the words like or as
What is simile?
The theme of The Witch of Blackbird Pond written by Elizabeth George Spear is never judge someone based on first impressions, outward appearance, or hearsay.
What is a reduced embedded sentence?
She had to leave she had no family left in Barbados.
What is a run-on sentence?
The turning point of the plot which sets in motion the eventual conclusion of the plot's central conflict.
What is crisis?
Humorous scene or speech that relieves the tension of a situation so by contrast highlights its seriousness.
What is comic relief?
A word that sounds like the sound it makes.
What is onomatopoeia?
Written by Dickens, the theme of A Christmas Carol is don't waste opportunities to sow good seeds.
What is a moved embedded sentence?
She jumped on the first boat to Connecticut, she didn't have time to write her sister to tell her she was on her way.
What is a comma splice error?
The condition of the central character improves or deteriorates and leads to the resolution.
What is falling action?
Placing two things side by side to underscore the distinctive characteristics of 2 different people, place, or things
What is juxtaposition?
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
When Kit finally arrived in Connecticut she was shocked at folks looked at her and she decided it was a very unwelcoming place.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
When the main conflict and many of the minor conflicts and complications are resolved.
What is denouement or resolution?
A person or thing set up as a strong contrast to emphasize the characteristics of another.
What is foil?
A phrase in which the words should not be taken literally.
What is idiom?