Fiction
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This has two main clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction, such as and, or, or but.
What is a compound sentence?
Words that imitate the sound they represent
What is onomatopoeia?
A nonfiction film that presents, or documents, information about people or events.
What is a documentary?
Used to mark omissions from quoted materials and pauses in writing.
What is ellipsis point?
The crook was as sly as fox is an example of
What is simile?
Three examples of motives and clues that can help you identify a the film’s emphasis, or focus
What is social, commercial and political?
When a noun or pronoun refers to more than one, it is this in number.
What is plural?
My computer hates me is an example of.
What is personification?
A series of events that occur in stages of development
What is plot?
In this, writers explore ways in which science and technology might affect people and the world.
What is science fiction?
The narrator, or the voice that tells the story, is an outside observer.
What is third-person point of view?
"When they released Mister Toussaint the next day, they made him take LOONY GOONY home with him," is an example of this.
What is a complex sentence?
Choose the best answer. Which of the following is an inanimate objects that can be personified? A) a star B) a dog C) a girl D) a basketball team
What is A?
This person's assessment of events cannot be trusted for some reason—he or she might be purposefully lying, mentally unstable, or too young or unsophisticated to fully understand events.
What is an unreliable narrator?
the point of greatest tension in the story, in which the conflict begins to be resolved
What is climax?
Choose the right answer.
I have _____ the last soda.
A) drank B) drunk C) drinked D) drink
What is B?
It includes the basic elements of fiction—setting, characters, plot, conflict, and theme.
What is a short story?
The way an author reveals the traits and personalities of characters
What is a characterization?