Research
Shurley
Pearson
Vocabulary
Short Story Elements
100
This is the most important part of the introduction paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
100
Go to bed early tonight and no TV!
What is an imperative sentence?
100
This is the author of An Hour with Abuelo.
Who is Judith Ortiz Cofer?
100
(Adj.) Showing a firm purpose
What is resolute?
100
Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another or uses words to convey a meaning that is opposite to the original.
What is Verbal Irony?
200
Provides a step by step guide and overview that links your main points visually on one page.
What is an outline?
200
These are the seven parts of speech.
What is noun, verb, preposition, adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjunction?
200
In "Flowers for Algernon" this story is written in a specific point of view that lends certain attributes to the story for the reader.
What is first person point of view so the reader experiences the characters feelings directly?
200
(v.) Bargain or deal with another party to reach a settlement.
What is negotiate?
200
A character who undergoes an important inner change related to personality or belief.
What is a Dynamic Character?
300
Addresses the topic in a professional and serious manner reserved for scholarly work.
What is Formal Language?
300
Signified by the verb and everything that follows. Everything before the verb and contains the subject of the sentence.
What is the complete predicate and complete subject?
300
"You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me..."
Who is the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
300
(n.) the state of being simple or childlike
What is naiveté?
300
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work. Usually teaches a lesson in reality.
What is theme?
400
Effective writing flows smoothly from one sentence to the next. Sentences vary in length and begin in a variety of ways.
What is Sentence Fluency?
400
This calls for speed...Identify each part of speech and classification of this sentence..."We stared breathlessly at the strange nocturnal desert creature in front of Dan!"
What is... (SN V P1) SP,/V, Adv., (P, A, Adj., Adj., Adj., OP) (P, OP) (P, OP) ! Exclamatory
400
The children in "The Story-Teller" feel that the Aunt...
What is lacks imagination?
400
(n.) statements or actions making fun of someone or something.
What is derision?
400
These are the points of view and their definitions.
What is First person point of view - written using pronouns I, me, my, etc. Indicates a personal narrative told by the main character. 2nd person point of view - written using the pronoun You. Narrative where the main character is referred to by second person pronouns. 3rd person point of view limited - the author tells the story using 3rd person pronouns from the view of a single character. 3rd person point of view omniscient - the author tells the story using 3rd person pronouns knowing all characters and their emotions.
500
These are the five text structures and their key words.
WHAT IS...?Chronological Order - first, next, last, finally, later Compare and Contrast - alike, different, similar, both, and on the other hand Cause and Effect - As a result, consequently, and so Problem and Solution - one reason, for example Description - difficulty, hope, uncertainty, and future
500
This is when Subject-verb agreement is nullified.
What are words in past tense?
500
Both of these characters from their separate stories fear the death of someone they love or their own death.
Who is Patsy from "The Finish of Patsy Barnes"? Who is Joby from "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"?
500
(adj.) thoughtful; inward-looking
What is introspective?
500
This is the list of plot structure elements and their definitions IN ORDER.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement.
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