Fiction
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The letters in TDA stand for...
What is Text Dependent Analysis?
Sound effect words
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that have the same or a similar meaning. Example: loud and noisy
What is a synonym?
The small sections a poem is written in.
What is a stanza?
The main person in a story.
What is a character?
The number of sentences in a TDA prompt.
What is 3?
What type of figurative language is this sentence: The crook was as sly as a fox.
What is a simile?
When a character sees something from their perspective.
What is point of view?
When you tell about only the most important details from a story. You should not include your opinion when you do this.
What is summarize?
The problem in a story.
What is a conflict?
Sentence 1 is the hint, sentence 2 is the ___________, and sentence 3 is the reminder.
What is the question?
What type of figurative language is this sentence: My computer hates me.
What is personification?
Words that have opposite meanings. Example: Hot and Cold
What is an antonym?
What is a sentence fragment?
The story takes place in North Carolina in the 1980's. This description is an example of...
What is setting?
How many paragraphs should your TDA essay be?
5 paragraphs
The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of words. Example: Peter picked some peppers.
What is Alliteration?
The life lesson in a story
What is theme or central message?
What is it called when two sentences are combined and you need to make them into separate sentences? Too many thoughts in one sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
The point of the story where the reader is the most excited. They do not know what is going to happen next.
What is the turning point or climax?
What are: The text states, By reading this you know, and This quote proves
When you tell something that was not directly stated in the story. You do this when you analyze.
What is infer or inference?
The events in a story.
What is plot?